Black Middens, Clio (Chloe)

HER Number

14333

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Black Middens, Clio (Chloe)

Place

Tynemouth

Map Sheet

NZ36NE

Class

Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad

Transport Vessel

Site Type: Specific

Cargo Vessel

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Wreckage

Description

1800 wreck of English cargo vessel which stranded in the vicinity of the Black Middens during a gale; laden with coal, she was a wooden sailing vessel. One of several ships wrecked in the same area during the same gale.

Easting

437000

Northing

568000

Grid Reference

NZ437000568000

Sources

National Monuments Record (971473); Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 07-JAN-1800, No.4013; Newcastle Courant 04-JAN-1800, No.6430 Page(s)4; Newcastle Courant 11-JAN-1800, No.6431 Page(s)4; Newcastle Advertiser 11-JAN-1800, No.587 Page(s)2; Newcastle Chronicle 11-JAN-1800 [via Ian T Spokes]