Tynemouth, Tynemouth Head, Original

HER Number:
14521

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Tynemouth, Tynemouth Head, Original

Place:
Tynemouth

Map Sheet:
NZ36NE

Class:
Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad:
Service Vessel

Site Type: Specific:
Lifeboat

General Period:
Post Medieval

Specific Period:
C18

Form of Evidence:
Wreckage

Description:
1830 wreck of English lifeboat which stranded on the Spanish Battery in attempting to rescue the crew of another vessel which had stranded on the Black Middens. Constructed of wood, she was an oared rescue vessel, and was named the ORIGINAL in honour of her claim to fame as the first true lifeboat in the world. Built: 1789 Construction: double-ended, 10 oars; cork belt inside and outside hull Crew: usually 22

Easting:
37

Northing:
69

Grid Reference:
NZ3769

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
National Monuments Record (1356834); Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 26-JAN-1830, No.6502; Boswell Whitaker 1979 Preservation of life from shipwreck, volume 1 : Skuetender lifeboat Page(s)57-8; Newcastle Chronicle 30-JAN-1830 [via Ian T Spokes]; Durham County Advertiser 30-JAN-1830, No.804 Page(s)3