Tynemouth, New Messenger

HER Number:
14606

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Tynemouth, New Messenger

Place:
Tynemouth

Map Sheet:
NZ36NE

Class:
Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad:
Sailing Vessel

Site Type: Specific:
Snow

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Wreckage

Description:
English snow wrecked on Tynemouth Rocks in wind conditions SE force 6, during the gales January 3rd-10th 1854 which caused many other ships to run aground. The crew were saved by both the Manby mortar apparatus and the crew of the lifeboat. Built: 1849 Where Built: Sunderland Master: J Moore Crew: 8

Easting:
37000

Northing:
68900

Grid Reference:
NZ3700068900

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
National Monuments Record (1316454); Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 06-JAN-1854, No.12414 Page(s)5; 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 1979 Preservation of life from shipwreck, volume 1 : Skuetender lifeboat Page(s)91-92; Lloyd's 1964 Lloyd's register of British and foreign shipping 1854, No.120(N); Lloyd's 1964 Lloyd's register of British and foreign shipping 1853, No.103(N); Boswell Whitaker 1980 Preservation of life from shipwreck, volume 2 : South Shields Volunteer Life Brigade Page(s)21