Tynemouth, Black Middens, Royal Sovereign

HER Number:
14221

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Tynemouth, Black Middens, Royal Sovereign

Place:
Tynemouth

Map Sheet:
NZ36NE

Class:
Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad:
Transport Vessel

Site Type: Specific:
Cargo Vessel

General Period:
Post Medieval

Specific Period:
C18

Form of Evidence:
Wreckage

Description:
1805 wreck of English cargo vessel which stranded on the Black Middens on the same day as 3 other vessels (PERSEVERANCE, LEANDER and BURDON); a wooden sailing vessel. Crew saved. Ship of 189 tons, rebuilt and lengthened 1796; surveyed on the Liverpool-London run. Not overstamped and appears the following year although with the proviso that the ship was last surveyed in 1804. Built: 1794 Master: Graydon Construction: single deck; rebuilt and lengthened

Easting:
37

Northing:
68

Grid Reference:
NZ3768

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 22-JAN-1805, No.4185; 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 Advertiser 19-JAN-1805, No.849 Page(s)1, 4; Newcastle Courant 19-JAN-1805, No.6693 Page(s)4; Lloyd's 1964 Lloyd's register of British and foreign shipping 1804-5, No.413R; Lloyd's 1964 Lloyd's register of British and foreign shipping 1805-6, No.407R; National Monuments Record (971703)