Tyne and Wear HER(14318): Tynemouth, Tynemouth Head, Echo - Details
14318
N Tyneside
Tynemouth, Tynemouth Head, Echo
Tynemouth
NZ36NE
Maritime Craft
Transport Vessel
Collier
Post Medieval
C18
Wreckage
1796 wreck of English collier or whaler which stranded near Prior's Haven on entering Shields harbour; a wooden sailing vessel.
37
69
NZ3769
National Monuments Record (1392386); Newcastle Courant 13-FEB-1796, No.6227 Page(s)4; "The Newcastle Whaling Trade", Tony Barrow: in http://www.markpalmer.fsnet.co.uk/family-tree/newcastle-whaling-trade-1.html [Accessed 04-FEB-2004]