Whitley Bay, Eleanor

HER Number:
14637

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Whitley Bay, Eleanor

Place:
Whitley Bay

Map Sheet:
NZ37SE

Class:
Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad:
Sailing Vessel

Site Type: Specific:

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Wreckage

Description:
1812 wreck of English craft which stranded in Whitley Bay during a storm; a wooden sailing vessel. Master: Pigg

Easting:
35500

Northing:
73000

Grid Reference:
NZ3550073000

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
National Monuments Record (973142); Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 31-MAR-1812, No.4652; Newcastle Advertiser 28-MAR-1812, No.1224 Page(s)4; Tyne Mercury 24-MAR-1812, No.513 Page(s)3