Tynemouth, Hawk

HER Number:
14442

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Tynemouth, Hawk

Place:
Tynemouth

Map Sheet:
NZ46NE

Class:
Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad:

Site Type: Specific:
Paddle Steamer

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Wreckage

Description:
1827 wreck of English paddle steamer which was believed to have foundered off Tynemouth after breaking from her moorings at Shields. An alternative, and conflicting, version indicates that she may have been recovered off the Farne Islands. She would have been constructed of wood.

Easting:
47

Northing:
69

Grid Reference:
NZ4769

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
National Monuments Record (1356813); 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); Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 14-DEC-1827, No.6281; Durham County Advertiser 15-DEC-1827, No.693 Page(s)3; Newcastle Courant 15-DEC-1827, No.7888 Page(s)4