1215767 Wreck off the South Pier 1861 (oil on canvas) by Scott, John (1802-82); 146.8x93.2 cm; South Shields Museum & Art Gallery, South Shields, UK; (add.info.: Scott, John In the early morning of February 9th 1861, the brig Minerva (from Whitby) was blown by a storm onto rocks off the South Pier at Tynemouth. The lifeboats \'Providence\' (shown here) and \'Tyne\' used rocket equipment to rescue five crewmen, but two were drowned when the ship broke up. One of the crew is clinging the last few feet of the ship\'s mast on the right of the picture. The South Pier at Tynemouth is partly built in the background of the scene (it was completed in 1895).); 穢 Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums; French, out of copyright.