Tynemouth, Black Middens, Sylph

HER Number:
14226

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Tynemouth, Black Middens, Sylph

Place:
Tynemouth

Map Sheet:
NZ36NE

Class:
Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad:
Sailing Vessel

Site Type: Specific:
Brig

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Wreckage

Description:
English Brig stranded and wrecked on the Black Middens Rocks 15th December 1853. Crew of 5 saved.

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)91; National Monuments Record (1362564)