Tynemouth, Goldfinch

HER Number:
14486

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Tynemouth, Goldfinch

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:
1766 wreck of English cargo vessel which stranded and bilged at Shields while partly laden with coal; a wooden sailing vessel. Master: Todd

Easting:
36

Northing:
68

Grid Reference:
NZ3668

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
National Monuments Record (971419); Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 18-APR-1766, No.3157; 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); Newcastle Courant 12-APR-1766, No.4673 Page(s)2