Tynemouth, Active

HER Number

14483

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Tynemouth, Active

Place

Tynemouth

Map Sheet

NZ36NE

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

1771 wreck of English sloop which foundered following a collision on her departure from Shields with coal; a wooden sailing vessel. Master: George Andrews

Easting

436000

Northing

568000

Grid Reference

NZ436000568000

Sources

National Monuments Record (1386606); Newcastle Courant 19-OCT-1771, No.4961 Page(s)2