Whitley Bay, Nightingale
Whitley Bay, Nightingale
HER Number
14012
District
N Tyneside
Site Name
Whitley Bay, Nightingale
Place
Whitley Bay
Map Sheet
NZ37SE
Class
Maritime Craft
Site Type: Broad
Transport Vessel
Site Type: Specific
Collier
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Form of Evidence
Wreckage
Description
October 1763 wreck of British collier which stranded between Shields and Blyth, on her voyage in ballast; a wooden sailing vessel. The Prince George, Nightingale and Charming Betty were all wrecked on the same night in gales.
Master: Broderick
Master: Broderick
Easting
435000
Northing
573000
Grid Reference
NZ435000573000
Sources
Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 11-OCT-1763, No.2895; Richard and Bridget Larn 1997 Shipwreck index of the British Isles, volume 3. The east coast of England : Essex, Suffolk, Norfolk, Lincolnshire, Yorkshire, County Durham, Northumberland, Section 7, Northumberland (CG); Newcastle Courant 08-OCT-1763, No.4542 Page(s)2; National Monuments Record (971303)