Tynemouth, Dannevirke (Alert)

HER Number:
14408

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Tynemouth, Dannevirke (Alert)

Place:
Tynemouth

Map Sheet:
NZ46NE

Class:
Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad:
Sailing Vessel

Site Type: Specific:
Brig

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Wreckage

Description:
1893 wreck of Danish brigantine, or "schooner-brig", which foundered off North Shields following a collision, en route from Kotka to Newcastle-upon-Tyne with barrel staves. Constructed of oak in 1849, she was a sailing vessel. Built: 1849 Builder: Hensche Where Built: Korsor Master: Clausen Crew: 6

Easting:
47

Northing:
69

Grid Reference:
NZ4769

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
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); National Monuments Record (1365452); World Wide Web page http://bookit.bibits.no/services/servlets/services.servlets.ResourceDb?data_source=jdbc/bookit12&res_id=281 accessed and translated from the Danish on 10-JAN-2008