Tynemouth, Lowestoft
Tynemouth, Lowestoft
HER Number
14276
District
N Tyneside
Site Name
Tynemouth, Lowestoft
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
November 1893 wreck of English barque which stranded inside the North Pier on entering the River Tyne from Grimsby in ballast and which was later broken up on the Low Lights beach; a wooden sailing vessel.
Built: 1866
Construction: copper fastened and sheathed
Master: A Barker
Crew: 10
Owner: R L Manners, Blyth
Built: 1866
Construction: copper fastened and sheathed
Master: A Barker
Crew: 10
Owner: R L Manners, Blyth
Easting
437000
Northing
569000
Grid Reference
NZ437000569000
Sources
National Monuments Record (1365465); 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; Boswell Whitaker 1979 Preservation of life from shipwreck, volume 1 : Skuetender lifeboat Page(s)131; Boswell Whitaker 1980 Preservation of life from shipwreck, volume 3 : Tynemouth Volunteer Life Brigade page(s)89; Evening Chronicle 27-NOV-2003 Page(s)49