Black Middens, Economy

HER Number

14133

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Black Middens, Economy

Place

Tynemouth

Map Sheet

NZ36NE

Class

Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad

Transport Vessel

Site Type: Specific

Cargo Vessel

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Wreckage

Description

1819 incident in which a Scottish cargo vessel grounded first on the Sparrowhawk, then on the Black Middens, on entering Shields from Pictou with timber. This wooden sailing vessel was afterwards recovered. `The ECONOMY...ran on shore on the Bar in entering Shields on Monday morning, and it was feared would be wrecked. Crew saved by the life boat. Part of the materials expected to be saved.'

Master: Frazer

Easting

437000

Northing

568000

Grid Reference

NZ437000568000

Sources

Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 10-DEC-1819, No.5446; Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 14-DEC-1819, No.5447; Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 17-DEC-1819, No.5448; Durham County Advertiser 11-DEC-1819, No.275 Page(s)3; Durham County Advertiser 18-DEC-1819, No.276 Page(s)3; Durham County Advertiser 25-DEC-1819, No.277 Page(s)3; Newcastle Courant 29-JAN-1820, No.7477 Page(s)1; National Monuments Record (971594)