South Shields, Whitburn, Thetis

HER Number

14690

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

South Shields, Whitburn, Thetis

Place

Whitburn

Map Sheet

NZ46SW

Class

Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad

Transport Vessel

Site Type: Specific

Cargo Vessel

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Wreckage

Description

1812 wreck of British cargo vessel which stranded half way between Monkwearmouth and Whitburn on her passage from London to Carron with goods; a wooden sailing vessel. Master: Anderson

Easting

441000

Northing

560000

Grid Reference

NZ441000560000

Sources

National Monuments Record (1342626); 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); Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 31-MAR-1812, No.4652; Newcastle Advertiser 28-MAR-1812, No.1224 Page(s)4; Tyne Mercury 28-MAR-1812, No.1224 Page(s)3; Newcastle Courant 28-MAR-1812, No.7058 Page(s)1