Tynemouth, Fame

HER Number:
14577

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Tynemouth, Fame

Place:
Tynemouth

Map Sheet:
NZ36NE

Class:
Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad:
Transport Vessel

Site Type: Specific:
Cargo Vessel

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Wreckage

Description:
October 1894 wreck of Irish cargo vessel which stranded at Tynemouth in force 8 wind conditions. This wooden sailing vessel, built in 1859, was en route from Llanelli to West Hartlepool with burnt ore. Master: Robert McClanaghan Crew: 6 Construction: 3 masts

Easting:
37

Northing:
69

Grid Reference:
NZ3769

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
National Monuments Record (1365496); Boswell Whitaker 1979 Preservation of life from shipwreck, volume 1 : Skuetender lifeboat Page(s)132; Boswell Whitaker 1980 Preservation of life from shipwreck, volume 3 : Tynemouth Volunteer Life Brigade Page(s)90-1; 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 7, Northumberland (CG)