Black Middens, Minnie
Black Middens, Minnie
HER Number
14186
District
N Tyneside
Site Name
Black Middens, Minnie
Place
Tynemouth
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
Class
Maritime Craft
Site Type: Broad
Transport Vessel
Site Type: Specific
Cargo Vessel
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Wreckage
Description
1883 wreck of English cargo vessel which stranded on the Black Middens on her arrival in the River Tyne from Bilbao with iron ore. She is described variously as a steamer and as a sailing brig.
Crew: 14
Owner: Hogg & Anderson, Middlesbrough
Crew: 14
Owner: Hogg & Anderson, Middlesbrough
Easting
437000
Northing
568000
Grid Reference
NZ437000568000
Sources
Boswell Whitaker 1979 Preservation of life from shipwreck, volume 1 : Skuetender lifeboat Page(s)125; Boswell Whitaker 1980 Preservation of life from shipwreck, volume 2 : South Shields Volunteer Life Brigade Page(s)112; Boswell Whitaker 1980 Preservation of life from shipwreck, volume 3 : Tynemouth Volunteer Life Brigade Page(s)67-8; National Monuments Record (1366994)