North Shields, Spanish Battery, Mentor

HER Number:
14355

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
North Shields, Spanish Battery, Mentor

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:

Form of Evidence:
Wreckage

Description:
1819 wreck of English cargo vessel which stranded near the Spanish Battery on attempting to enter Shields harbour; a wooden sailing vessel. Master: Birch

Easting:
37

Northing:
69

Grid Reference:
NZ3769

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
National Monuments Record (971598); Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 21-DEC-1819, No.5449; Durham County Advertiser 25-DEC-1819, No.277 Page(s)3; Newcastle Courant 15-JAN-1820, No.7475 Page(s)4