Tynemouth, Minerva

HER Number:
14417

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Tynemouth, Minerva

Place:
Tynemouth

Map Sheet:
NZ46NE

Class:
Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad:
Sailing Vessel

Site Type: Specific:
Smack

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Wreckage

Description:
1826 wreck of British smack which foundered off Shields following a collision with the BETSY CAINS; a wooden sailing vessel.

Easting:
47

Northing:
69

Grid Reference:
NZ4769

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Newcastle Courant 07-JUL-1827, No.7865 Page(s)4; National Monuments Record (1407948)