Tynemouth, Black Middens, Resolution

HER Number:
14334

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Tynemouth, Black Middens, Resolution

Place:
Tynemouth

Map Sheet:
NZ36NE

Class:
Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad:
Transport Vessel

Site Type: Specific:
Cargo Vessel

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Wreckage

Description:
1801 wreck of English cargo vessel which stranded near the Black Middens on arriving at Newcastle-upon-Tyne from London; a wooden sailing vessel. The NMR has another entry for a wherry named Resuloution (Pastscape 908733). No date is given but the ship appears to have sunk in the same area. Built: 1801 Where Built: Peterhead Master: McKenzie or Mackenzie Owner: W Frazer

Easting:
37

Northing:
68

Grid Reference:
NZ3768

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
National Monuments Record (971480 and 908733); Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 15-DEC-1801, No.4212; 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 Advertiser 12-DEC-1801, No.684 Page(s)4; Hydrographic Office wreck index 09-MAR-1993 Page(s)N/a