Tynemouth, Petrel (Petronella, Peterel)

HER Number:
12688

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Tynemouth, Petrel (Petronella, Peterel)

Place:
Tynemouth

Map Sheet:
NZ36NE

Class:
Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad:
Transport Vessel

Site Type: Specific:
Cargo Vessel

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Wreckage

Description:
1831 incident in which an English cargo vessel in ballast grounded near the Spanish Battery in a gale, to be recovered shortly afterwards. Constructed of wood, she was a sailing vessel. Master: Waugh.

Easting:
3756

Northing:
6948

Grid Reference:
NZ37566948

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Archaeological Research Services Ltd, 2009, North East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment; NMR Monument 1387150; Shoreline Management Plan 1.1; Richard and Bridget Larn 1997 Shipwreck index of the British Isles, volume 3. The east coast of England : Essex, Suffolk, Norfolk, Lincolnshire, Yorkshire, County Durham, Northumberland, Section 6, County Durham (CF) 3 (2) Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 4-FEB-1831, No.6608; (3) Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 18-FEB-1831, No.6613 (4) Boswell Whitaker 1979 Preservation of life from shipwreck, volume 1 : Skuetender lifeboat Page(s)59; (5) Newcastle Chronicle 05-FEB-1831 [via Ian T Spokes]