Tynemouth, Suffolk
Tynemouth, Suffolk
HER Number
14009
District
N Tyneside
Site Name
Tynemouth, Suffolk
Place
Tynemouth
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
Class
Maritime Craft
Site Type: Broad
Sailing Vessel <By Form/Type>
Site Type: Specific
Packet
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Form of Evidence
Wreckage
Description
The Suffolk was lost as she entered Shields harbour, September 1830, when she struck against the Sparrowhawk Sand, and eventually drifted upon the rock below the Spanish Battery. Crew and passengers saved.
Built: 1825
Builder: St. Peter's Shipyard
Where Built: Ipswich
Machinery: John Penn of Greenwich
Propulsion: Screw driven, twin cylinder engines; auxiliary sail [rigged fore-and-aft]
HP: 40
Owners: Thomas Shields, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; ex. Samuel and Henry Alexander
Built: 1825
Builder: St. Peter's Shipyard
Where Built: Ipswich
Machinery: John Penn of Greenwich
Propulsion: Screw driven, twin cylinder engines; auxiliary sail [rigged fore-and-aft]
HP: 40
Owners: Thomas Shields, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; ex. Samuel and Henry Alexander
Easting
437000
Northing
569000
Grid Reference
NZ437000569000
Sources
Norwich Mercury 02-OCT-1830, No.5180 Page(s)3; Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 24-SEP-1830, No.6571; Boswell Whitaker 1979 Preservation of life from shipwreck, volume 1 : Skuetender lifeboat Page(s)58-9; 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); Hugh Moffat 2002 Ships and Shipyards of Ipswich 1700 -1970 Page(s)40-43; Durham County Advertiser 24-SEP-1830, No.838 [old style numbering]/12 [new style numbering] Page(s)95; Newcastle Chronicle 25-SEP-1830 [via Ian T Spokes]; Durham County Advertiser 01-OCT-1830, No.839 [old style numbering]/13 [new style numbering] Page(s)103; National Monuments Record (1318512)