Tynemouth, Black Middens, Minnie

HER Number:
14186

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Tynemouth, Black Middens, Minnie

Place:
Tynemouth

Map Sheet:
NZ36NE

Class:
Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad:
Transport Vessel

Site Type: Specific:
Cargo Vessel

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

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

Easting:
37

Northing:
68

Grid Reference:
NZ3768

Lats/Lons:

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)