Tynemouth Head, Mantua (Mantina)

HER Number

14561

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Tynemouth Head, Mantua (Mantina)

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

1832 wreck of English cargo vessel which stranded on the Spanish Battery Rocks on her arrival at Shields from Great Yarmouth in ballast; a wooden sailing vessel. Master: Fish

Easting

437000

Northing

569000

Grid Reference

NZ437000569000

Sources

National Monuments Record (1407108);Newcastle Courant 10-MAR-1832, No.8198 Page(s)4; Durham County Advertiser 16-MAR-1832, No.915 Page(s)295