Tynemouth, New Cornwall
Tynemouth, New Cornwall
HER Number
14582
District
N Tyneside
Site Name
Tynemouth, New Cornwall
Place
Tynemouth
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
Class
Maritime Craft
Site Type: Broad
Sailing Vessel <By Rig>
Site Type: Specific
Schooner
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Wreckage
Description
ENGLISH SCHOONER, 1876 Foundered and lost whilst carrying about 140 tons of cargo in wind conditions ESE force 9. Built: 1872
Builder: Westcott
Where Built: Barnstaple
Crew: 5
Crew Lost: 5
Owner: S Prout and Co.,
Builder: Westcott
Where Built: Barnstaple
Crew: 5
Crew Lost: 5
Owner: S Prout and Co.,
Easting
437000
Northing
569000
Grid Reference
NZ437000569000
Sources
National Monuments Record (996981); United Kingdom shipwreck index [pre publication typescript]; 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); Boswell Whitaker 1980 Preservation of life from shipwreck, volume 2 : South Shields Volunteer Life Brigade Page(s)90-1