Tynemouth, Ariadne

HER Number

14575

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Tynemouth, Ariadne

Place

Tynemouth

Map Sheet

NZ36NE

Class

Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad

Sailing Vessel <By Rig>

Site Type: Specific

Brigantine

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Wreckage

Description

1850 wreck of English brig which stranded in gales at Tynemouth while entering the Tyne, possibly from Great Yarmouth; a wooden sailing vessel.

Easting

437000

Northing

569000

Grid Reference

NZ437000569000

Sources

National Monuments Record (1337418); Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 01-APR-1850, No.11240 Page(s)4; Dick Keys and Ken Smith 1998 Black Diamonds by Sea: North-East Sailing Colliers 1780-1880 Page(s)28