Cullercoats, Happy Return
Cullercoats, Happy Return
HER Number
14237
District
N Tyneside
Site Name
Cullercoats, Happy Return
Place
Cullercoats
Map Sheet
NZ37SE
Class
Maritime Craft
Site Type: Broad
Sailing Vessel <By Form/Type>
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Form of Evidence
Wreckage
Description
Wreck of British craft which stranded at Cullercoats during a storm in December 1784; a wooden sailing vessel.
Master: Barton
Crew Lost: 1
Passengers Lost: 1 (Newcastle Chronicle)
Master: Barton
Crew Lost: 1
Passengers Lost: 1 (Newcastle Chronicle)
Easting
436000
Northing
571000
Grid Reference
NZ436000571000
Sources
Newcastle Courant 11-DEC-1784, No.5644 Page(s)4; Newcastle Chronicle 11-DEC-1784, No.1067 Page(s)2; National Monuments Record (1389881)