Cullercoats, Happy Return

HER Number:
14237

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Cullercoats, Happy Return

Place:
Cullercoats

Map Sheet:
NZ37SE

Class:
Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad:
Sailing Vessel

Site Type: Specific:

General Period:
Post Medieval

Specific Period:
C18

Form of Evidence:
Wreckage

Description:
Wreck of British craft which stranded at Cullercoats during a storm in December 1784; a wooden sailing vessel. Master: Barton Crew Lost: 1 Passengers Lost: 1 (Newcastle Chronicle)

Easting:
36

Northing:
71

Grid Reference:
NZ3671

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Newcastle Courant 11-DEC-1784, No.5644 Page(s)4; Newcastle Chronicle 11-DEC-1784, No.1067 Page(s)2; National Monuments Record (1389881)