South Shields, Betsy

HER Number:
13971

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
South Shields, Betsy

Place:
South Shields

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:
English Schooner, lost 1859, became leaky in wind conditions SW force 5 and was run ashore at a quarter flood at 10.30pm and became a wreck. Estimated financial loss on the vessel was 210 [sterling]. (1)(2) Built: 1806 Crew: 3

Easting:
3784

Northing:
6744

Grid Reference:
NZ37846744

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
National Monument Record (996729), United Kingdom Shipwreck Index, Larn, R & B, (1997) Shipwreck index of the British Isles, Volume 3. The east coast of England: Essex, Suffolk, Norfolk, Lincolnshire, Yorkshire, Co.Durham, Northumberland, Section 6, County Durham