Tynemouth, Spanish Battery, Isabellas

HER Number:
14254

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Tynemouth, Spanish Battery, Isabellas

Place:
Tynemouth

Map Sheet:
NZ36NE

Class:
Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad:

Site Type: Specific:
Craft

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Wreckage

Description:
In January 1843 the ISABELLAS from Sunderland, struck the Spanish Battery rocks and was damaged beyond repair.

Easting:
37

Northing:
69

Grid Reference:
NZ3769

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Dick Keys and Ken Smith, 1998, Black Diamonds by Sea - North-East Sailing Colliers 1780-1880, p 26; National Monument Record (1364791)