Tynemouth, Black Middens, Sir William Curtis

HER Number:
14224

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Tynemouth, Black Middens, Sir William Curtis

Place:
Tynemouth

Map Sheet:
NZ36NE

Class:
Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad:
Sailing Vessel

Site Type: Specific:
Schooner

General Period:
Post Medieval

Specific Period:
C18

Form of Evidence:
Wreckage

Description:
English Schooner, wrecked March 1859 in force 6 wind conditions on Tynemouth Rocks along with the ELIZABETH. Crews saved. Built 1799.

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)22; National Monuments Record (1364785)