North Shields, Dorothy

HER Number:
14391

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
North Shields, Dorothy

Place:
North Shields

Map Sheet:
NZ36NE

Class:
Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad:
Sailing Vessel

Site Type: Specific:

General Period:
Post Medieval

Specific Period:
C18

Form of Evidence:
Wreckage

Description:
1784 wreck of British craft which grounded on the "Lowlights Point" on leaving Shields, and was beached at North Shields for sale; a wooden sailing vessel. Master: Johnson

Easting:
37

Northing:
68

Grid Reference:
NZ3768

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
National Monuments Record (971437); Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 09-APR-1784, No.1558; Richard and Bridget Larn 1997 Shipwreck index of the British Isles, volume 3. The east coast of England : Essex, Suffolk, Norfolk, Lincolnshire, Yorkshire, County Durham, Northumberland Section 6, County Durham (CF); Newcastle Courant 24-APR-1784, No.5611 Page(s)1