North Shields, Spanish Battery, Triton

HER Number:
14359

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
North Shields, Spanish Battery, Triton

Place:
North Shields

Map Sheet:
NZ36NE

Class:
Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad:
Sailing Vessel

Site Type: Specific:
Brig

General Period:
Post Medieval

Specific Period:
C18

Form of Evidence:
Wreckage

Description:
1800 wreck of English brig which stranded near the Spanish Battery on entering Shields in ballast, during a gale; a wooden sailing vessel.

Easting:
37

Northing:
69

Grid Reference:
NZ3769

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
National Monuments Record (971474); Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 07-JAN-1800, No.4013; Newcastle Courant 04-JAN-1800, No.6430 Page(s)4; Newcastle Advertiser 11-JAN-1800, No.587 Page(s)2; Newcastle Courant 11-JAN-1800, No.6431 Page(s)4; Newcastle Advertiser 25-JAN-1800, No.589 Page(s)3; Newcastle Chronicle 11-JAN-1800 [via Ian T Spokes]