Tynemouth, Minnet

HER Number

14581

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Tynemouth, Minnet

Place

Tynemouth

Map Sheet

NZ36NE

Class

Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad

Transport Vessel

Site Type: Specific

Cargo Vessel

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Wreckage

Description

1850 wreck of Swedish cargo vessel which stranded at Tynemouth on her passage from Ipswich to the Tyne; a wooden sailing vessel. Master: Petersen

Easting

437000

Northing

569000

Grid Reference

NZ437000569000

Sources

National Monuments Record (1337420); Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 01-APR-1850, No.11240 Page(s)4; Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 09-APR-1850, No.11247 Page(s)3; Dick Keys and Ken Smith 1998 Black Diamonds by Sea: North-East Sailing Colliers 1780-1880 Page(s)28