Tynemouth Head, Isabella

HER Number

14478

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Tynemouth Head, Isabella

Place

Tynemouth

Map Sheet

NZ36NE

Class

Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad

Sailing Vessel <By Form/Type>

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Wreckage

Description

1803 wreck of British craft which was wrecked in Prior's Haven during a gale; a wooden sailing vessel. There appears to be some confusion between the ISABELLA and the HOPE (HER 14478).

Easting

437000

Northing

569000

Grid Reference

NZ437000569000

Sources

National Monuments Record (971488); Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 18-JAN-1803, No.4317; 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); Newcastle Advertiser 15-JAN-1803, No.744 Page(s)4