Tynemouth, Tynemouth Head, Diana

HER Number:
14556

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Tynemouth, Tynemouth Head, Diana

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:
1808 wreck of English cargo vessel which stranded on the Spanish Battery Rocks in entering Shields; a wooden sailing vessel.

Easting:
37

Northing:
69

Grid Reference:
NZ3769

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
National Monuments Record (1398628); Newcastle Courant 26-MAR-1808, No.6859 Page(s)1, 4; Tyne Mercury 22-MAR-1808, No.304 Page(s)3