Whitley Bay, Eleanor

HER Number

14637

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Whitley Bay, Eleanor

Place

Whitley Bay

Map Sheet

NZ37SE

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

1812 wreck of English craft which stranded in Whitley Bay during a storm; a wooden sailing vessel. Master: Pigg

Easting

435500

Northing

573000

Grid Reference

NZ435500573000

Sources

National Monuments Record (973142); Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 31-MAR-1812, No.4652; Newcastle Advertiser 28-MAR-1812, No.1224 Page(s)4; Tyne Mercury 24-MAR-1812, No.513 Page(s)3