Tynemouth, Friendship

HER Number:
13987

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Tynemouth, Friendship

Place:
Tynemouth

Map Sheet:

Class:
Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad:
Sailing Vessel

Site Type: Specific:
Sloop

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Wreckage

Description:
1855 wreck of English sloop which foundered 2.5 miles off Tynemouth Light after a collision while on route from Stockton-on-Tees for Shields with iron; a wooden sailing vessel. `Warkworth, 9th Nov. The FRIENDSHIP (sloop) of and from Stockton for Shields, with iron, was run down by a schooner at 11pm on the 7th Nov.; crew picked up by the ZEALOUS, Dawson, arrived here. `Blyth, 9th Nov. The ALBION, Baldry, of and from Yarmouth, which arrived here yesterday, came in collision with a loaded sloop about 2.5 miles NE of the Tynemouth light; the sloop was not seen afterwards.'

Easting:
42

Northing:
72

Grid Reference:
NZ4272

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
National Monuments Record (1379750); Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 12-NOV-1855, No.12987 P5