Black Middens, Royal Sovereign
Black Middens, Royal Sovereign
HER Number
14221
District
N Tyneside
Site Name
Black Middens, Royal Sovereign
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
1805 wreck of English cargo vessel which stranded on the Black Middens on the same day as 3 other vessels (PERSEVERANCE, LEANDER and BURDON); a wooden sailing vessel. Crew saved.
Ship of 189 tons, rebuilt and lengthened 1796; surveyed on the Liverpool-London run. Not overstamped and appears the following year although with the proviso that the ship was last surveyed in 1804.
Built: 1794
Master: Graydon
Construction: single deck; rebuilt and lengthened
Ship of 189 tons, rebuilt and lengthened 1796; surveyed on the Liverpool-London run. Not overstamped and appears the following year although with the proviso that the ship was last surveyed in 1804.
Built: 1794
Master: Graydon
Construction: single deck; rebuilt and lengthened
Easting
437000
Northing
568000
Grid Reference
NZ437000568000
Sources
Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 22-JAN-1805, No.4185; 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 Advertiser 19-JAN-1805, No.849 Page(s)1, 4; Newcastle Courant 19-JAN-1805, No.6693 Page(s)4; Lloyd's 1964 Lloyd's register of British and foreign shipping 1804-5, No.413R; Lloyd's 1964 Lloyd's register of British and foreign shipping 1805-6, No.407R; National Monuments Record (971703)