Tynemouth, Black Middens, Friendship

HER Number:
14138

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Tynemouth, Black Middens, Friendship

Place:
Tynemouth

Map Sheet:
NZ36NE

Class:
Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad:

Site Type: Specific:
Craft

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Wreckage

Description:
1830 wreck of British craft which stranded on the Black Middens on her arrival at Shields; a wooden sailing vessel. `Shields, 18th Sept. The FRIENDSHIP, Brown, missed stays in entering this harbour 16th instant, struck upon the Black Middings, and is totally wrecked; crew and materials saved.' Master: Brown

Easting:
37

Northing:
68

Grid Reference:
NZ3768

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 21-SEP-1830, No.6570; 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); Newcastle Chronicle 25-SEP-1830 [via Ian T Spokes]; Durham County Advertiser 24-SEP-1830, No.838 [old style numbering]/12 [new style numbering] Page(s)95 National Monuments Record (1356873)