Cullercoats, James

HER Number

14379

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Cullercoats, James

Place

Cullercoats

Map Sheet

NZ37SE

Class

Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad

Sailing Vessel <By Form/Type>

Site Type: Specific

Sloop

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Wreckage

Description

1827 wreck of Scottish sloop which stranded north of Cullercoats during a gale, en route from Waren Mill to Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Laden with wheat, she was a wooden sailing vessel. Master: Marr
Crew Lost: 1

Easting

437000

Northing

571000

Grid Reference

NZ437000571000

Sources

National Monuments Record (1348543); Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 13-MAR-1827, No.6202; Durham County Advertiser 17-MAR-1827, No.654 Page(s)3; Newcastle Courant 05-JUL-1828, No.8007 Page(s)4