Tynemouth, Tynemouth Head, Jannet and Ann

HER Number:
14591

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Tynemouth, Tynemouth Head, Jannet and Ann

Place:
Tynemouth

Map Sheet:
NZ36NE

Class:
Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad:
Sailing Vessel

Site Type: Specific:

General Period:
Post Medieval

Specific Period:
C18

Form of Evidence:
Wreckage

Description:
1752 wreck of a British craft stranded near Tynemouth Haven, on her passage to Inverness. Constructed of wood, she was a sailing vessel. Master: Alexander Bains

Easting:
37

Northing:
69

Grid Reference:
NZ3769

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
National Monuments Record (1031937); 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); Felix Farley's Bristol Journal June 6 - 13 1752. Page(s)3