Black Middens, Napoleon III (Napoleon)
Black Middens, Napoleon III (Napoleon)
HER Number
14188
District
N Tyneside
Site Name
Black Middens, Napoleon III (Napoleon)
Place
Tynemouth
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
Class
Maritime Craft
Site Type: Broad
Sailing Vessel <By Rig>
Site Type: Specific
Schooner
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Wreckage
Description
Broke up due to stress of weather on the Black Middens in heavy seas and wind conditions SE force 7. Her hull was smashed to pieces. Crew saved by Manby's mortar apparatus.
Crew: 6
Owner: Storm
Crew: 6
Owner: Storm
Easting
437000
Northing
568000
Grid Reference
NZ437000568000
Sources
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 1979 Preservation of life from shipwreck, volume 1 : Skuetender lifeboat Page(s)93; Boswell Whitaker 1980 Preservation of life from shipwreck, volume 2 : South Shields Volunteer Life Brigade Page(s)21; National Monuments Record (1363285)