Tynemouth, Sterling

HER Number:
14412

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Tynemouth, Sterling

Place:
Tynemouth

Map Sheet:
NZ56SW

Class:
Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad:
Sailing Vessel

Site Type: Specific:
Brig

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Wreckage

Description:
ENGLISH BRIG, 1871 Possibly lost during the `great gale of February 10th' which struck the Tyne. Built: 1840 Crew: 6 Crew Lost: 6

Easting:
52

Northing:
62

Grid Reference:
NZ5262

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 (1312038); United Kingdom shipwreck index; Boswell Whitaker 1979 Preservation of life from shipwreck, volume 1 : Skuetender lifeboat Page(s)112