South Shields, Moritz Reichemheim (Moritz Reichenheim)

HER Number:
14672

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
South Shields, Moritz Reichemheim (Moritz Reichenheim)

Place:
South Shields

Map Sheet:
NZ36NE

Class:
Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad:
Sailing Vessel

Site Type: Specific:
Brigantine

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Wreckage

Description:
1869 wreck of brig, possibly German, which stranded 2 miles south of Tynemouth during a storm. En route from Shoreham-by-Sea to the River Tyne in ballast, she was a wooden sailing vessel. Built: 1857 Crew: 10 Crew Lost: 9

Easting:
3784

Northing:
6744

Grid Reference:
NZ37846744

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
National Monuments Record (1313165); 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); United Kingdom shipwreck index [pre publication typescript]