Black Middens, Trusty

HER Number

14229

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Black Middens, Trusty

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

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Wreckage

Description

English brig stranded on the Black Middens along with the BIDDY, December 1785; a wooden sailing vessel. Crews saved. Master: Ross.

Easting

437000

Northing

568000

Grid Reference

NZ437000568000

Sources

Newcastle Courant 31-DEC-1785, No.5699 Page(s)4; Newcastle Courant 14-JAN-1786, No.5701 P1; National Monuments Record (1389791)