Whitburn, Whitburn Steel, Dispatch

HER Number:
15141

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
Whitburn, Whitburn Steel, Dispatch

Place:
Whitburn

Map Sheet:
NZ46SW

Class:
Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad:
Sailing Vessel

Site Type: Specific:
Sloop

General Period:
Post Medieval

Specific Period:
C18

Form of Evidence:
Wreckage

Description:
1796 wreck of Scottish sloop which stranded on Whitburn Steel en route from Newcastle-upon-Tyne to Banff, with flour and flax; a wooden sailing vessel.

Easting:
41

Northing:
60

Grid Reference:
NZ4160

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
National Monuments Record (1392927); Newcastle Courant 17-DEC-1796, No.6271 Page(s)4