Tynemouth, Argo

Tyne and Wear HER(14517): Tynemouth, Argo - Details

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HER Number:
14517

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Tynemouth, Argo

Place:
Tynemouth

Map Sheet:
NZ36NE

Class:
Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad:
Sailing Vessel

Site Type: Specific:
Brigantine

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Wreckage

Description:
1820 incident in which an English brig grounded and was bilged on the Spanish Battery Rocks on attempting to enter Shields. This wooden sailing vessel was shortly afterwards recovered.

Easting:
37

Northing:
69

Grid Reference:
NZ3769

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
National Monuments Record (971611); Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 22-DEC-1820, No.5553; Newcastle Courant 23-DEC-1820, No.7524 Page(s)4; Newcastle Courant 30-DEC-1820, No.7525 Page(s)4

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