Tynemouth, Black Middens, Stanley

HER Number:
12972

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Tynemouth, Black Middens, Stanley

Place:
Tynemouth

Map Sheet:
NZ36NE

Class:
Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad:
Transport Vessel

Site Type: Specific:
Passenger Vessel

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Wreckage

Description:
On 24 November 1864 the passenger steamer Stanley, sailing from London to Aberdeen, sank having hit Black Middens rocks in a violent storm The local lifeboat (Constance) could not reach the ship due to the high seas. Built: c.1858 Where Built: West Hartlepool Propulsion: Screw driven, 2 cylinder compound engine; 2 engines Boilers: 1 HP: 110 Master: Thomas Howling Crew: 29-30 Crew Lost: 5 Passengers: c.30 Passengers Lost: c.20 Lives Lost: c.24 Owner: Steam Navigation Co. After this event the Tynemouth Volunteer Life Brigade (HER 2214) was formed, the oldest organisation of its kind in the world. She was lost in the same storm as the FRIENDSHIP (HER 12973), the ARDWELL (HER 13356) and the ESCORT (NMR NO. 1548412).

Easting:
371

Northing:
687

Grid Reference:
NZ371687

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Peter Collings, 1991, The New Divers Guide to the North-East Coast, page 35; National Monuments Record (1364862); 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); Boswell Whitaker 1979 Preservation of life from shipwreck, volume 1 : Skuetender lifeboat Page(s)102-5; Boswell Whitaker 1980 Preservation of life from shipwreck, volume 2 : South Shields Volunteer Life Brigade Page(s)26-49; Boswell Whitaker 1980 Preservation of life from shipwreck, volume 3 : Tynemouth Volunteer Life Brigade Page(s)1-9