Tynemouth, Ariadne

HER Number:
14575

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Tynemouth, Ariadne

Place:
Tynemouth

Map Sheet:
NZ36NE

Class:
Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad:
Sailing Vessel

Site Type: Specific:
Brigantine

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Wreckage

Description:
1850 wreck of English brig which stranded in gales at Tynemouth while entering the Tyne, possibly from Great Yarmouth; a wooden sailing vessel.

Easting:
37

Northing:
69

Grid Reference:
NZ3769

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
National Monuments Record (1337418); Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 01-APR-1850, No.11240 Page(s)4; Dick Keys and Ken Smith 1998 Black Diamonds by Sea: North-East Sailing Colliers 1780-1880 Page(s)28