Tynemouth, Black Middens, Kate Robertson

HER Number:
14173

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Tynemouth, Black Middens, Kate Robertson

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:
Wrecked on the Black Middens due to stress of weather in wind conditions SE force 7, at 10.15am. 15th November 1854 Crew: 7 Owner: Robertson

Easting:
37

Northing:
68

Grid Reference:
NZ3768

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
(1) 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 (2) Boswell Whitaker 1979 Preservation of life from shipwreck, volume 1 : Skuetender lifeboat Page(s)93 (3) Boswell Whitaker 1980 Preservation of life from shipwreck, volume 2 : South Shields Volunteer Life Brigade Page(s)21 (4) National Monuments Record (1363290)