North Shields, Spanish Battery, Providence

HER Number:
14330

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
North Shields, Spanish Battery, Providence

Place:
North Shields

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:
1819 wreck of English craft which stranded near the Spanish Battery on attempting to enter Shields harbour; a wooden sailing vessel. Master: Wilson

Easting:
36

Northing:
68

Grid Reference:
NZ3668

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
National Monuments Record (971597); Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 21-DEC-1819, No.5449; Durham County Advertiser 25-DEC-1819, No.277 Page(s)3