Black Middens, Sylph

HER Number

14226

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Black Middens, Sylph

Place

Tynemouth

Map Sheet

NZ36NE

Class

Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad

Sailing Vessel <By Rig>

Site Type: Specific

Brig

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Wreckage

Description

English Brig stranded and wrecked on the Black Middens Rocks 15th December 1853. Crew of 5 saved.

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)91; National Monuments Record (1362564)