North Shields, The Girt, Kitty

HER Number:
14571

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
North Shields, The Girt, Kitty

Place:
North Shields

Map Sheet:
NZ36NE

Class:
Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad:
Sailing Vessel

Site Type: Specific:
Sloop

General Period:
Post Medieval

Specific Period:
C18

Form of Evidence:
Wreckage

Description:
1802 wreck of British sloop which foundered in a very crowded Shields harbour following collision with other vessels, on arrival from Leith with a general cargo. This wooden sailing vessel appears to have been recovered and beached at the Girt, North Shields, for sale.

Easting:
36

Northing:
68

Grid Reference:
NZ3668

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
National Monuments Record (971482); Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 07-DEC-1802, No.4305; 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 04-DEC-1802, No.6582 Page(s)4; Tyne Mercury 30-NOV-1802, No.27 Page(s)3; Newcastle Courant 08-JAN-1803, No.6587 Page(s)1