Tynemouth, Tynemouth Head, Elizabeth (Elisabeth)

HER Number:
14557

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Tynemouth, Tynemouth Head, Elizabeth (Elisabeth)

Place:
Tynemouth

Map Sheet:
NZ36NE

Class:
Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad:
Sailing Vessel

Site Type: Specific:
Snow

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Wreckage

Description:
ENGLISH SNOW, 1854 wrecked near Spanish Battery in force 6 winds.

Easting:
37

Northing:
69

Grid Reference:
NZ3769

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
National Monuments Record (1363005); Richard and Bridget Larn 1997 Shipwreck index of the British Isles, volume 3. The east coast of England : Essex, Suffolk, Norfolk, Lincolnshire, Yorkshire, County Durham, Northumberland Section 6, County Durham (CF); Lloyd's 1964 Lloyd's register of British and foreign shipping 1853, No.334(E) & No.343(E); Lloyd's 1964 Lloyd's register of British and foreign shipping 1854, No.362(E) & No.369(E); Boswell Whitaker 1979 Preservation of life from shipwreck, volume 1 : Skuetender lifeboat Page(s)91-2; Boswell Whitaker 1980 Preservation of life from shipwreck, volume 2 : South Shields Volunteer Life Brigade Page(s)21