Tynemouth, Black Middens, Singleton

HER Number:
14223

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Tynemouth, Black Middens, Singleton

Place:
Tynemouth

Map Sheet:
NZ36NE

Class:
Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad:
Sailing Vessel

Site Type: Specific:
Sloop

General Period:
Post Medieval

Specific Period:
C18

Form of Evidence:
Wreckage

Description:
October 1783 wreck of British sloop which stranded on the Black Middens while entering South Shields; a wooden sailing vessel. Crew saved. Master: Smith

Easting:
37

Northing:
68

Grid Reference:
NZ3768

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 14-OCT-1783, No.1507; 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 11-OCT-1783, No.5583 Page(s)4; National Monuments Record (971436)