Tynemouth, Tynemouth Head, Elizabeth

HER Number:
14319

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Tynemouth, Tynemouth Head, Elizabeth

Place:
Tynemouth

Map Sheet:
NZ36NE

Class:
Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad:
Sailing Vessel

Site Type: Specific:

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Wreckage

Description:
1824 wreck of English craft which stranded and bilged near Prior's Haven on attempting to reach Shields during a gale. Originally bound from Sunderland to Topsham, she was a wooden sailing vessel. Master: Brown

Easting:
37

Northing:
69

Grid Reference:
NZ3769

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
National Monuments Record (973080); Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 26-NOV-1824, No.5963; Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 30-NOV-1824, No.5964; Durham County Advertiser 04-DEC-1824, No.535 Page(s)3; Newcastle Courant 04-DEC-1824, No.7730 Page(s)4; Durham County Advertiser 11-DEC-1824, No.536 Page(s)3