Tynemouth, Marmaduke

HER Number:
14510

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Tynemouth, Marmaduke

Place:
Tynemouth

Map Sheet:
NZ36NE

Class:
Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad:
Transport Vessel

Site Type: Specific:
Collier

General Period:
Post Medieval

Specific Period:
C18

Form of Evidence:
Wreckage

Description:
1782 wreck of British collier which stranded south of Tynemouth en route from Bridlington to Newcastle-upon-Tyne in ballast; a wooden sailing vessel. Master: Brown. Part of a group of 25 light colliers caught in gail which drove on shore the PEGGY (HER 14511), GOOD INTENT (HER 14509), and MARMADUKE.

Easting:
37

Northing:
69

Grid Reference:
NZ3769

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
National Monuments Record (1387941); Newcastle Courant 09-NOV-1782, No.5535 Page(s)4