Tynemouth, Black Middens, Napoleon III (Napoleon)

HER Number:
14188

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Tynemouth, Black Middens, Napoleon III (Napoleon)

Place:
Tynemouth

Map Sheet:
NZ36NE

Class:
Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad:
Sailing Vessel

Site Type: Specific:
Schooner

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Wreckage

Description:
Broke up due to stress of weather on the Black Middens in heavy seas and wind conditions SE force 7. Her hull was smashed to pieces. Crew saved by Manby's mortar apparatus. Crew: 6 Owner: Storm

Easting:
37

Northing:
68

Grid Reference:
NZ3768

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
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); Boswell Whitaker 1979 Preservation of life from shipwreck, volume 1 : Skuetender lifeboat Page(s)93; Boswell Whitaker 1980 Preservation of life from shipwreck, volume 2 : South Shields Volunteer Life Brigade Page(s)21; National Monuments Record (1363285)