The Howick boiler is from the French trawler "Tadorne" which was on its way to Iceland with a crew 30. 5 died, the rest rescued by the Boulmer lifeboat. (29th March 1913)
There's more of the wreck broken up in up to 8 metres off the rocks on a sandy bottom, allegedly.
FIVE LIVES LOST IN WRECK OF A TRAWLER.
In a dense fog off the Northumberland coast on Saturday the French trawler " Tadorne," of Boulogne, went ashore off Howick, and it is feared she will become a total wreck. Twenty five of the crew were saved by the local lifeboat, but five lives were lost, all the bodies being recovered. The vessel was bound for Iceland fishing.
Soon after the " Tadorne " struck the rocket brigade threw a line on to the vessel, but apparently, through cold and exposure, the crew were unable to make it fast. Some of the men attempted to swim shore, but only one succeeded. They were drowned, and two lashed to the rigging perished trough cold and exposure.
The remaining hands were taken off by the Boulmer lifeboat, to summon which Earl Grey despatched a messenger in his motor-car. His Lordship gave the shipwrecked men substantial relief.
April 1914:
BOULMER LIFEBOATMEN.
Bravery Recognised by the French Government.
The French Government have awarded a gold medal to the coxswain of the Boulmer lifeboat, and money grants to the crew, in recognition of their bravery at the wreck of the French trawler Tadorne, of Boulogne, on the North Northumberland coast on March 29, last year, when the captain and many of the crew of the Tadorne were gallantly rescued during a very critical time. Baron de Balabre, French Consul at Newcastle, is to publicly present the awards on behalf of the French Government.
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