Tynemouth, Comet

HER Number:
13989

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Tynemouth, Comet

Place:
Tynemouth

Map Sheet:
NZ46NE

Class:
Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad:
Sailing Vessel

Site Type: Specific:
Sloop

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Wreckage

Description:
1860. Having left South Shields three days earlier, the Scottish Sloop sprang a leak in wind conditions NW force 9 and foundered at 5am. The loss was attributed to `stress of weather.' 20 miles east of Tynemouth Castle Built: 1835 Crew: 4

Easting:
4795

Northing:
6976

Grid Reference:
NZ47956976

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
National Monuments Record (1313135), 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