Tyne and Wear HER(14331): Tynemouth, Black Middens, Argo - Details
14331
N Tyneside
Tynemouth, Black Middens, Argo
Tynemouth
NZ36NE
Maritime Craft
Sailing Vessel
Brig
Post Medieval
C18
Wreckage
1804 wreck of English brig which stranded and bilged near the Black Middens, returning to Shields after springing a leak on her departure. En route to King's Lynn with coal, she was a wooden sailing vessel. Master: Stafford
37
68
NZ3768
National Monuments Record (1339814); Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 06-NOV-1804, No.4503; 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); Newcastle Courant 03-NOV-1804, No.6682 Page(s)1, 4