Tynemouth, Petrel (Petronella, Peterel)

HER Number

12688

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Tynemouth, Petrel (Petronella, Peterel)

Place

Tynemouth

Map Sheet

NZ36NE

Class

Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad

Transport Vessel

Site Type: Specific

Cargo Vessel

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Wreckage

Description

1831 incident in which an English cargo vessel in ballast grounded near the Spanish Battery in a gale, to be recovered shortly afterwards. Constructed of wood, she was a sailing vessel. Master: Waugh.

Easting

437560

Northing

569480

Grid Reference

NZ437560569480

Sources

Archaeological Research Services Ltd, 2009, North East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment; NMR Monument 1387150; Shoreline Management Plan 1.1; 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) 3 (2) Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 4-FEB-1831, No.6608; (3) Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 18-FEB-1831, No.6613 (4) Boswell Whitaker 1979 Preservation of life from shipwreck, volume 1 : Skuetender lifeboat Page(s)59; (5) Newcastle Chronicle 05-FEB-1831 [via Ian T Spokes]