Tynemouth, Black Middens, Anne

HER Number:
14027

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Tynemouth, Black Middens, Anne

Place:
Tynemouth

Map Sheet:
NZ36NE

Class:
Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad:
Sailing Vessel

Site Type: Specific:
Brig

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Wreckage

Description:
Feb 8th 1870...during a gale of wind from the east, and a heavy sea running... On the same day the brig ANNE was also wrecked on the Black Middens. The lifeboat PROVIDENCE went off and rescued the crew.

Easting:
3709

Northing:
6880

Grid Reference:
NZ37096880

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
National Monuments Record (1365048), Boswell Whitaker 1979 Preservation of life from shipwreck, volume 1 : Skuetender lifeboat Page(s)110-1