Tynemouth, Tynemouth Head, Brunton

HER Number:
14341

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Tynemouth, Tynemouth Head, Brunton

Place:
Tynemouth

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:
1822 wreck of English craft which stranded on the Spanish Battery Rocks on attempting to enter Shields; a wooden sailing vessel.

Easting:
37

Northing:
69

Grid Reference:
NZ3769

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
National Monuments Record (971620); Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 31-DEC-1822, No.5764; Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 03-JAN-1823, No.5765; Durham County Advertiser 04-JAN-1823, No.435 Page(s)3; Newcastle Courant 04-JAN-1823, No.7630 Page(s)4