Tynemouth, Black Middens, Argo

HER Number:
14331

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Tynemouth, Black Middens, Argo

Place:
Tynemouth

Map Sheet:
NZ36NE

Class:
Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad:
Sailing Vessel

Site Type: Specific:
Brig

General Period:
Post Medieval

Specific Period:
C18

Form of Evidence:
Wreckage

Description:
1804 wreck of English brig which stranded and bilged near the Black Middens, returning to Shields after springing a leak on her departure. En route to King's Lynn with coal, she was a wooden sailing vessel. Master: Stafford

Easting:
37

Northing:
68

Grid Reference:
NZ3768

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
National Monuments Record (1339814); Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 06-NOV-1804, No.4503; 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 (CF); Newcastle Courant 03-NOV-1804, No.6682 Page(s)1, 4