Tynemouth, Tynemouth Head, Albion

HER Number:
14588

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Tynemouth, Tynemouth Head, Albion

Place:
Tynemouth

Map Sheet:
NZ36NE

Class:
Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad:
Sailing Vessel

Site Type: Specific:
Brigantine

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

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

Easting:
37

Northing:
69

Grid Reference:
NZ3769

Lats/Lons:

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