Tynemouth, Black Middens, Janet Izat

HER Number:
14232

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Tynemouth, Black Middens, Janet Izat

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:
1883 wreck of English brig which stranded on the Black Middens on her departure from South Shields for Newhaven with coal, in force 9 winds. Constructed of wood, she was a sailing vessel. Built: 1828 Master: J Arlington Crew: 8 Owner: T S Wraith, Gateshead (Larn 1997)

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)111; National Monuments Record (1365270)