Tynemouth, Tynemouth Head, Lark

HER Number:
14560

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Tynemouth, Tynemouth Head, Lark

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:
1823 wreck of English sloop which stranded on the Spanish Battery Rocks on entering Shields during a snowstorm. Bound from London in ballast, she was a wooden sailing vessel. Construction: 1 mast Master: Shepherd Crew: 5

Easting:
37

Northing:
69

Grid Reference:
NZ3769

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
National Monuments Record (971632); Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list; 11-FEB-1823, No.5776; Newcastle Courant 15-FEB-1823, No.7636 Page(s)4; Durham County Advertiser 15-FEB-1823, No.441 Page(s)3; Durham County Advertiser 22-FEB-1823, No.442 Page(s)3