Tynemouth, Vigilant

HER Number

14587

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Tynemouth, Vigilant

Place

Tynemouth

Map Sheet

NZ36NE

Class

Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad

Sailing Vessel <By Rig>

Site Type: Specific

Schooner

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Wreckage

Description

1850 wreck of English schooner which stranded at Tynemouth while entering the Tyne, possibly from Great Yarmouth; a wooden sailing vessel. Master: Donald

Easting

37

Northing

69

Grid Reference

NZ3769

Sources

National Monuments Record (1337416); 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