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:
C18

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

Easting:
35

Northing:
73

Grid Reference:
NZ3573

Lats/Lons:

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)