Tynemouth Head, Delaval

HER Number

14342

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Tynemouth Head, Delaval

Place

Tynemouth

Map Sheet

NZ36NE

Class

Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad

Transport Vessel

Site Type: Specific

Cargo Vessel

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Wreckage

Description

1839 wreck of English cargo vessel which stranded near the Spanish Battery. Constructed of wood, she was a sailing vessel.

Easting

437000

Northing

569000

Grid Reference

NZ437000569000

Sources

National Monuments Record (1366613); Boswell Whitaker 1980 Preservation of life from shipwreck, volume 2 : South Shields Volunteer Life Brigade Page(s)19-20