Tynemouth Head, Albion
Tynemouth Head, Albion
HER Number
14588
District
N Tyneside
Site Name
Tynemouth Head, Albion
Place
Tynemouth
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
Class
Maritime Craft
Site Type: Broad
Sailing Vessel <By Rig>
Site Type: Specific
Brigantine
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Wreckage
Description
ENGLISH BRIG Stranded and lost in wind conditions E force 2 with fog 1876. Built: 1840
Where Built: Sweden
Master: E Paris
Crew: 6
Owner: T W Fairbrass, Canterbury
Where Built: Sweden
Master: E Paris
Crew: 6
Owner: T W Fairbrass, Canterbury
Easting
437000
Northing
569000
Grid Reference
NZ437000569000
Sources
National Monuments Record (1365142); 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 3 : Tynemouth Volunteer Life Brigade Page(s)50-1