Tynemouth, Lord Nelson

HER Number

14389

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Tynemouth, Lord Nelson

Place

Tynemouth

Map Sheet

NZ36NE

Class

Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad

Sailing Vessel <By Rig>

Site Type: Specific

Brig

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Wreckage

Description

1825 wreck of English brig which stranded north of Tynemouth Haven after grounding on the Black Middens, apparently while attempting to return to Sunderland during a sleet storm. Having left Sunderland for London with coal, she was a wooden sailing vessel. Master: Richardson

Easting

437000

Northing

569000

Grid Reference

NZ437000569000

Sources

National Monuments Record (971690); Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 11-MAR-1825, No.5993; Durham County Advertiser 12-MAR-1825, No.549 Page(s)3; Newcastle Courant 12-MAR-1825, No.7744 Page(s)4; Durham County Advertiser 08-OCT-1825, No.579 Page(s)3