Tynemouth, Black Middens, La Virgie (La Vierge)

HER Number:
14175

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Tynemouth, Black Middens, La Virgie (La Vierge)

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:
The next casualty list of note was during the terrible gale of 4th and 5th January 1857...LA VIRGIE wrecked on the Black Middens... NB: The name of the vessel has also been given in the form LA VIERGE as the more correct French form.

Easting:
37

Northing:
68

Grid Reference:
NZ3768

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Boswell Whitaker 1979 Preservation of life from shipwreck, volume 1 : Skuetender lifeboat Page(s)93; National Monuments Record (1364741)