Tynemouth Head, Scotia

HER Number

14593

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Tynemouth Head, Scotia

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

BRITISH CARGO VESSEL, while entering the harbour during a dense fog the Scotia went aground at Tynemouth Point, 1869

Easting

437000

Northing

569000

Grid Reference

NZ437000569000

Sources

National Monuments Record (1367385); Boswell Whitaker 1980 Preservation of life from shipwreck, volume 3 : Tynemouth Volunteer Life Brigade Page(s)27