Tynemouth, Hero

HER Number

14503

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Tynemouth, Hero

Place

Tynemouth

Map Sheet

NZ36NE

Class

Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad

Transport Vessel

Site Type: Specific

Cargo Vessel

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Wreckage

Description

1789 wreck of British cargo vessel which stranded in Shields harbour on arrival on her voyage from London to Grenada via Shields. This wooden sailing vessel was ordered to be broken up after sale. Master: Amiel

Easting

436000

Northing

568000

Grid Reference

NZ436000568000

Sources

National Monuments Record (1386453); Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 08-DEC-1789, No.2149; 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 Courant 19-DEC-1789, No.5906 Page(s)1; Newcastle Courant 30-JAN-1790, No.5912 Page(s)4