Tynemouth, Dannevirke (Alert)
Tynemouth, Dannevirke (Alert)
HER Number
14408
District
N Tyneside
Site Name
Tynemouth, Dannevirke (Alert)
Place
Tynemouth
Map Sheet
NZ46NE
Class
Maritime Craft
Site Type: Broad
Sailing Vessel <By Rig>
Site Type: Specific
Brig
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Wreckage
Description
1893 wreck of Danish brigantine, or "schooner-brig", which foundered off North Shields following a collision, en route from Kotka to Newcastle-upon-Tyne with barrel staves. Constructed of oak in 1849, she was a sailing vessel. Built: 1849
Builder: Hensche
Where Built: Korsor
Master: Clausen
Crew: 6
Builder: Hensche
Where Built: Korsor
Master: Clausen
Crew: 6
Easting
447000
Northing
569000
Grid Reference
NZ447000569000
Sources
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 (CF); National Monuments Record (1365452); World Wide Web page http://bookit.bibits.no/services/servlets/services.servlets.ResourceDb?data_source=jdbc/bookit12&res_id=281 accessed and translated from the Danish on 10-JAN-2008