Whitburn, Whitburn Steel, Benjamin

HER Number:
15138

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
Whitburn, Whitburn Steel, Benjamin

Place:
Whitburn

Map Sheet:
NZ46SW

Class:
Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad:
Transport Vessel

Site Type: Specific:
Cargo Vessel

General Period:
Post Medieval

Specific Period:
C18

Form of Evidence:
Wreckage

Description:
1758 wreck of English cargo vessel which stranded on Whitburn Steel en route from London in ballast. Built circa 1758, she was a wooden sailing vessel. Master: Francis Smallwood

Easting:
41

Northing:
60

Grid Reference:
NZ4160

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
National Monuments Record (1385466); Newcastle Courant 23-DEC-1758, No.4292 Page(s)2