North Shields, Spanish Battery, Joseph and Samuel

HER Number:
14352

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
North Shields, Spanish Battery, Joseph and Samuel

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:
1819 wreck of English cargo vessel which stranded on the Spanish Battery Rocks on entering North Shields in ballast; a wooden sailing vessel. Master: Knight

Easting:
37

Northing:
69

Grid Reference:
NZ3769

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
National Monuments Record (971593); Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 03-DEC-1819, No.5444; Durham County Advertiser 04-DEC-1819, No.274 Page(s)3; Newcastle Courant 04-DEC-1819 , No.7469 Page(s)4