Tynemouth, Friendship

HER Number:
12973

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Tynemouth, Friendship

Place:
Tynemouth

Map Sheet:
NZ36NE

Class:
Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad:
Sailing Vessel

Site Type: Specific:
Schooner

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Wreckage

Description:
A schooner which came ashore at Black Middens only yards away from the S.S. Stanley (HER 12972) in the same storm on 24th November 1858. During the rescue attempt, the hull of the lifeboat 'Constance' was crushed and three of her crew drowned. The Friendship sank with everyone on board. Thirty four lives were lost in total.

Easting:
371

Northing:
687

Grid Reference:
NZ371687

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Peter Collings, 1991, The New Divers Guide to the North-East Coast, page 35