Tynemouth, Fame

HER Number

14577

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Tynemouth, Fame

Place

Tynemouth

Map Sheet

NZ36NE

Class

Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad

Transport Vessel

Site Type: Specific

Cargo Vessel

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Wreckage

Description

October 1894 wreck of Irish cargo vessel which stranded at Tynemouth in force 8 wind conditions. This wooden sailing vessel, built in 1859, was en route from Llanelli to West Hartlepool with burnt ore.
Master: Robert McClanaghan
Crew: 6
Construction: 3 masts

Easting

437000

Northing

569000

Grid Reference

NZ437000569000

Sources

National Monuments Record (1365496); Boswell Whitaker 1979 Preservation of life from shipwreck, volume 1 : Skuetender lifeboat Page(s)132; Boswell Whitaker 1980 Preservation of life from shipwreck, volume 3 : Tynemouth Volunteer Life Brigade Page(s)90-1; 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 7, Northumberland (CG)