Tynemouth, Haven Rocks, Consul

HER Number:
14268

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Tynemouth, Haven Rocks, Consul

Place:
Tynemouth

Map Sheet:
NZ36NE

Class:
Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad:
Sailing Vessel

Site Type: Specific:
Barque

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Wreckage

Description:
English barque, stranded and lost near the entrance to the Tyne December 1872. Built: 1850 Master: Thomas Thompson Crew: 10 Crew Lost: 7

Easting:
37

Northing:
69

Grid Reference:
NZ3769

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
National Monuments Record (1032003); United Kingdom shipwreck index [pre publication typescript]; 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; Peter Collings 1988 The illustrated dictionary of north east shipwrecks Page(s)40; Boswell Whitaker 1980 Preservation of life from shipwreck, volume 3 : Tynemouth Volunteer Life Brigade Page(s)40-2