Tynemouth, Black Middens, Advance

HER Number:
14023

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Tynemouth, Black Middens, Advance

Place:
Tynemouth

Map Sheet:
NZ36NE

Class:
Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad:
Fishing Vessel

Site Type: Specific:
Drifter

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Wreckage

Description:
A fishing drifter lost on the rocks in wind conditions E force 1. (1)(2) 1891 November 14th. Dense fog on coast. Trawler ADVANCE ashore on Spanish Battery Point. Lifeboats BEDFORD, coxswain John L Burn, and JAMES YOUNG, coxswain W C THURLBECK launched. Services not required. (3) Built: 1890 Propulsion: Screw driven, 3 cylinder triple expansion engine Boilers: 1 Master: C F Osborne Crew: 7 Owner: W H Doubleday, North Shields

Easting:
3709

Northing:
6880

Grid Reference:
NZ37096880

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
National Monuments Record (1001884), United Kingdom shipwreck index [pre publication typescript], 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 6, County Durham (CF), Boswell Whitaker 1979 Preservation of life from shipwreck, volume 1 : Skuetender lifeboat P130