Ferry Boat Landing, Mediator

HER Number

14336

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Ferry Boat Landing, Mediator

Place

North Shields

Map Sheet

NZ36NE

Class

Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad

Sailing Vessel <By Rig>

Site Type: Specific

Brig

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Wreckage

Description

1805 wreck of British brig which stranded near the Ferry-Boat Landing at North Shields following a collision. Laden with coal, she was a wooden sailing vessel, and may have been recovered, since a ship of the same name appears for sale a few months later, having been repaired.

Easting

436000

Northing

568000

Grid Reference

NZ436000568000

Sources

National Monuments Record (971702); Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 22-JAN-1805, No.4185; Newcastle Courant 26-JAN-1805, No.6694 Page(s)4; Newcastle Courant 09-FEB-1805, No.6696 Page(s)1; Newcastle Courant 23-FEB-1805, No.6671 Page(s)1; Newcastle Courant 20-JUL-1805, No.6719 Page(s)1; Tyne Mercury 22-JAN-1805, No.139 Page(s)3