Tyne and Wear HER(14445): Tynemouth, Gibraltar - Details
14445
N Tyneside
Tynemouth, Gibraltar
Tynemouth
NZ46NE
Maritime Craft
Fishing Vessel
Whaler
Post Medieval
C18
Wreckage
March 1796 wreck of English whaler which was burnt off Tynemouth by a French privateer, and left to founder. En route from Kingston-upon-Hull to Greenland, she was a wooden sailing vessel. Master: Wray
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69
NZ4769
National Monuments Record (1337019); Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 01-MAR-1796, No.2798; Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 11-MAR-1796, No.2801; Newcastle Courant 19-MAR-1796, No.6232 Page(s)4; Newcastle Advertiser 19-MAR-1796 [issue number lost: page mutilated] Page(s)2