Tynemouth, Tynemouth Head, Hope

HER Number:
14477

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Tynemouth, Tynemouth Head, Hope

Place:
Tynemouth

Map Sheet:
NZ36NE

Class:
Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad:
Sailing Vessel

Site Type: Specific:

General Period:
Post Medieval

Specific Period:
C18

Form of Evidence:
Wreckage

Description:
1803 wreck of British craft which was wrecked at Prior's Haven during a storm, having arrived 10 days previously; a wooden sailing vessel. There appears to be some confusion between the ISABELLA (HER 14479) and the HOPE. Master: Liddell

Easting:
37

Northing:
69

Grid Reference:
NZ3769

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
National Monuments Record (973326); Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 21-JAN-1803, No.4318; 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); Dick Keys and Ken Smith 1998 Black Diamonds by Sea: North-East Sailing Colliers 1780-1880 Page(s)20, 23; Newcastle Courant 08-JAN-1803, No.6587 Page(s)4; Newcastle Advertiser 15-JAN-1803, No.744 Page(s)4; Tyne Mercury 18-JAN-1803, No.34 Page(s)3