Tynemouth, New Cornwall

HER Number:
14582

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Tynemouth, New Cornwall

Place:
Tynemouth

Map Sheet:
NZ36NE

Class:
Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad:
Sailing Vessel

Site Type: Specific:
Schooner

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Wreckage

Description:
ENGLISH SCHOONER, 1876 Foundered and lost whilst carrying about 140 tons of cargo in wind conditions ESE force 9. Built: 1872 Builder: Westcott Where Built: Barnstaple Crew: 5 Crew Lost: 5 Owner: S Prout and Co.,

Easting:
37

Northing:
69

Grid Reference:
NZ3769

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
National Monuments Record (996981); United Kingdom shipwreck index [pre publication typescript]; 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); Boswell Whitaker 1980 Preservation of life from shipwreck, volume 2 : South Shields Volunteer Life Brigade Page(s)90-1