Tynemouth, Black Middens, Mercury

HER Number:
14185

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Tynemouth, Black Middens, Mercury

Place:
Tynemouth

Map Sheet:
NZ36NE

Class:
Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad:
Sailing Vessel

Site Type: Specific:
Brig

General Period:
Post Medieval

Specific Period:
C18

Form of Evidence:
Wreckage

Description:
1815 wreck of English brig which stranded on the Black Middens while en route from London to Blyth. A wooden sailing vessel built in 1747, on which it was said that Admiral Nelson had served at one stage of his career. Built: 1747 Where Built: King's Lynn Master: Davidson

Easting:
37

Northing:
68

Grid Reference:
NZ3768

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 31-JAN-1815, No.4943; Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 03-FEB-1815, No.4944; Terence Grocott 1997 Shipwrecks of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic eras Page(s)379; 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 Courant 04-FEB-1815, No.7217 Page(s)4; Durham County Advertiser 04-FEB-1815, No.22 Page(s)3; Dick Keys and Ken Smith 1998 Black Diamonds by Sea: North-East Sailing Colliers 1780-1880 Page(s)24; National Monuments Record (1343513)