Marsden Bay, Baltimore

HER Number

14987

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

Marsden Bay, Baltimore

Place

Marsden

Map Sheet

NZ46NW

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

1775 wreck of English craft, part of which stranded on Marsden Rocks, after grounding on the Herd Sand; a wooden sailing vessel. Master: Driver

Easting

440000

Northing

565000

Grid Reference

NZ440000565000

Sources

National Monuments Record (1387270); Newcastle Courant 25-NOV-1775, No.5174 Page(s)4