Tyne and Wear HER(15078): South Shields, Tynemouth Head, Harvey - Details
15078
S Tyneside
South Shields, Tynemouth Head, Harvey
South Shields
NZ36NE
Maritime Craft
Transport Vessel
Cargo Vessel
Post Medieval
C18
Wreckage
1790 wreck of English West Indiaman which stranded under the Spanish Battery on arriving at Shields from London to load cargo for Jamaica; a wooden sailing vessel. Master: Cook
37400
69000
NZ3740069000
National Monuments Record (971448); Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 21-DEC-1790, No.2257; 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); Newcastle Courant 24-DEC-1790, No.5959 Page(s)4