Cullercoats, Browns Bay, Astley
Cullercoats, Browns Bay, Astley
HER Number
12983
District
N Tyneside
Site Name
Cullercoats, Browns Bay, Astley
Place
Cullercoats
Map Sheet
NZ37SE
Class
Maritime Craft
Site Type: Broad
Sailing Vessel <By Rig>
Site Type: Specific
Brig
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Wreckage
Description
On the south side of the reef are some gullies which contain the remains of the Astley, a brig, which sank on 28th October 1880. Only metal fittings remain and these are encrusted into the rock (Collings). A brig which ran aground 28th October 1880 at Browns Bay. She lies in 8m of water. Some of her remains can still be seen south of the reef which runs east from the pool to the wreck of the BUTETOWN.
Built: 1839
Where Built: Blakeney
Master: G Bryson
Crew: 6
Built: 1839
Where Built: Blakeney
Master: G Bryson
Crew: 6
Easting
436600
Northing
571700
Grid Reference
NZ436600571700
Sources
Peter Collings, 1991, The New Divers Guide to the North-East Coast, page 40; Ian Spokes wreck database; National Monuments Record (10320180); United Kingdom shipwreck index [pre publication typescript]; Peter Collings 1988 The illustrated dictionary of north east shipwrecks Page(s)19; 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 7, Northumberland (CG)