Tynemouth, Amelia

HER Number

14597

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Tynemouth, Amelia

Place

Tynemouth

Map Sheet

NZ36NE

Class

Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad

Transport Vessel

Site Type: Specific

Cargo Vessel

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Wreckage

Description

1831 wreck of English cargo vessel which stranded on Tynemouth Rocks during a gale. Laden with potatoes and onions from Guernsey, she was a wooden sailing vessel. Master: William Metcalf

Easting

437000

Northing

568900

Grid Reference

NZ437000568900

Sources

National Monuments Record (1047777); Durham County Advertiser 04-FEB-1831, No.857 [old series]/31 [new series] Page(s)247; Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 08-FEB-1831, No.6610; Newcastle Chronicle 05-FEB-1831 [via Ian T Spokes]