Tynemouth Bar, Colony

HER Number

14494

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Tynemouth Bar, Colony

Place

Tynemouth

Map Sheet

NZ36NE

Class

Maritime Craft

Site Type: Specific

Craft

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Wreckage

Description

ENGLISH CRAFT, 21st February 1857. COLONY of Whitby wrecked on Tyne Bar. The NMR also lists a Brig called Colony sinking in 1858 near Tyne Bar (NMR 1313124).

Easting

436000

Northing

568000

Grid Reference

NZ436000568000

Sources

National Monuments Record (1364745); Boswell Whitaker 1979 Preservation of life from shipwreck, volume 1 : Skuetender lifeboat Page(s)93