Tynemouth, Hopewel

HER Number:
14481

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Tynemouth, Hopewel

Place:
Tynemouth

Map Sheet:
NZ36NE

Class:
Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad:
Transport Vessel

Site Type: Specific:
Cargo Vessel

General Period:
Post Medieval

Specific Period:
C18

Form of Evidence:
Wreckage

Description:
1751 wreck of British cargo vessel which foundered at Shields after a collision, while departing for Scotland with flax and flour; a wooden sailing vessel. Master: Forsythe

Easting:
36

Northing:
68

Grid Reference:
NZ3668

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
National Monuments Record (1377401); Newcastle Courant 13-APR to 20-APR-1751, No.2991 Page(s)3; Newcastle Courant 20-APR to 27-APR-1751, No.2992 Page(s)2