Tynemouth, Medore (Medora)
Tynemouth, Medore (Medora)
HER Number
14580
District
N Tyneside
Site Name
Tynemouth, Medore (Medora)
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
ENGLISH BRIG, foundered at the very entrance to the Tyne, in wind conditions ESE force 9 1865. Built: 1839
Crew: 6
Crew Lost: 6
Crew: 6
Crew Lost: 6
Easting
437000
Northing
569000
Grid Reference
NZ437000569000
Sources
National Monuments Record (1364938); 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); Boswell Whitaker 1980 Preservation of life from shipwreck, volume 3 : Tynemouth Volunteer Life Brigade Page(s)22-3