Tynemouth, Tynemouth Head, Betsey

HER Number:
14554

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Tynemouth, Tynemouth Head, Betsey

Place:
Tynemouth

Map Sheet:
NZ36NE

Class:
Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad:
Sailing Vessel

Site Type: Specific:
Sloop

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Wreckage

Description:
1822 wreck of British sloop which stranded on the Spanish Battery Rocks on her arrival at Tynemouth from Anstruther. Laden with potatoes, she was a wooden sailing vessel. Master: Rayner

Easting:
37

Northing:
69

Grid Reference:
NZ3769

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
National Monuments Record (971615); Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 16-APR-1822, No.5690; Newcastle Courant 13-APR-1822, No.7592 Page(s)4; Newcastle Courant 20-APR-1822, No.7593 Page(s)4