North Shields, Bland

HER Number:
14400

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
North Shields, Bland

Place:
North Shields

Map Sheet:
NZ36NE

Class:
Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad:
Transport Vessel

Site Type: Specific:
Cargo Vessel

General Period:
Post Medieval

Specific Period:
C18

Form of Evidence:
Wreckage

Description:
1752 incident of English cargo vessel which grounded while en route from London to pick up coal from Shields for Gibraltar and New England, but which was recovered; a wooden sailing vessel. Master: English

Easting:
36

Northing:
68

Grid Reference:
NZ3668

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
United Kingdom shipwreck index [pre publication typescript]; Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 01-SEP-1752, No.1751; 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); Norwich Mercury 29-AUG to 16-SEP-1752 Page(s)1; Sherborne Mercury 18-SEP-1752 Page(s)2; Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 20-OCT-1752, No.1762; Newcastle Courant 29-AUG-1752, No.3062 Page(s)3; National Monuments Record (987049)