Tynemouth, Black Middens, George

HER Number:
14141

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Tynemouth, Black Middens, George

Place:
Tynemouth

Map Sheet:
NZ36NE

Class:
Maritime

Site Type: Broad:

Site Type: Specific:
Wreck

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Wreckage

Description:
22nd November 1848: GEORGE of South Shields wrecked on the Black Middens. NB: This may be a revised or variant account of the loss of the GEORGE of Sunderland a week earlier. The NMR has another entry for George on the Herd Sand 1848 (NZ 36 NE 734 1362228). No further information has been given. We are assuming these are the same ship.

Easting:
37

Northing:
68

Grid Reference:
NZ3768

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
National Monuments Record (1362229 & 1362228), Boswell Whitaker 1979 Preservation of life from shipwreck, volume 1 : Skuetender lifeboat Page(s)76