Marsden Bay, John Roberts
Marsden Bay, John Roberts
HER Number
14985
District
S Tyneside
Site Name
Marsden Bay, John Roberts
Place
Marsden
Map Sheet
NZ46NW
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
Vessel stranded and lost in wind conditions ESE force 10, 1901. This brig had previously been registered at Caernarvon, but the registration was cancelled in 1901.
Built: 1875
Builder: Roberts
Where Built: Pwllheli
Master: D W Davis
Crew: 7
Passengers: 1
Owner: D Jones, Portmadoc
Built: 1875
Builder: Roberts
Where Built: Pwllheli
Master: D W Davis
Crew: 7
Passengers: 1
Owner: D Jones, Portmadoc
Easting
440000
Northing
565000
Grid Reference
NZ440000565000
Sources
National Monuments Record (1313431); United Kingdom shipwreck index [pre publication typescript]; 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