North Shields, Rock Head, Jane

HER Number:
14339

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
North Shields, Rock Head, Jane

Place:
North Shields

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:
1818 incident in which an English cargo vessel grounded on the Rock Head on her passage from Sunderland with coals. This wooden sailing vessel was shortly afterwards recovered.

Easting:
36

Northing:
68

Grid Reference:
NZ3668

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
National Monuments Record (971582); Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 06-OCT-1818, No.5321; Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 09-OCT-1818, No.5322; Durham County Advertiser 10-OCT-1818, No.214 Page(s)3; Durham County Advertiser 17-OCT-1818, No.215 Page(s)3