Tynemouth, Providence

HER Number:
14001

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Tynemouth, Providence

Place:
Tynemouth

Map Sheet:

Class:
Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad:
Sailing Vessel

Site Type: Specific:
Lugger

General Period:
Post Medieval

Specific Period:
C18

Form of Evidence:
Wreckage

Description:
1795 wreck of English lugger, which foundered a few leagues off Tynemouth Bar on being scuttled by a Dutch privateer; a wooden sailing vessel.

Easting:
41

Northing:
68

Grid Reference:
NZ4168

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
National Monuments Record (1393159), Newcastle Advertiser 25-SEP-1795 [issue number obliterated] P2, Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 25-SEP-1795, No.2754