Tynemouth, William and Mary

HER Number

14610

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Tynemouth, William and Mary

Place

Tynemouth

Map Sheet

NZ36NE

Class

Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad

Sailing Vessel <By Form/Type>

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Wreckage

Description

1831 wreck of English craft which stranded on Tynemouth Rocks during a gale; a wooden sailing vessel. Crew Lost: All

Easting

437000

Northing

568900

Grid Reference

NZ437000568900

Sources

National Monuments Record (1047779); Durham County Advertiser 04-FEB-1831, No.857 [old series]/31 [new series] Page(s)247; Newcastle Chronicle 05-FEB-1831 [via Ian T Spokes]