Haven Rocks, Consul

HER Number

14268

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Haven Rocks, Consul

Place

Tynemouth

Map Sheet

NZ36NE

Class

Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad

Sailing Vessel <By Rig>

Site Type: Specific

Barque

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Wreckage

Description

English barque, stranded and lost near the entrance to the Tyne December 1872. Built: 1850 Master: Thomas Thompson Crew: 10 Crew Lost: 7

Easting

437000

Northing

569000

Grid Reference

NZ437000569000

Sources

National Monuments Record (1032003); United Kingdom shipwreck index [pre publication typescript]; 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; Peter Collings 1988 The illustrated dictionary of north east shipwrecks Page(s)40; Boswell Whitaker 1980 Preservation of life from shipwreck, volume 3 : Tynemouth Volunteer Life Brigade Page(s)40-2