Marsden Bay, Wilhelmina

HER Number

14991

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

Marsden Bay, Wilhelmina

Place

Marsden

Map Sheet

NZ46NW

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

1829 wreck of Prussian cargo vessel which stranded on Marsden rocks during a squall. Bound from Szczecin to Newcastle-upon-Tyne with corn, she was a wooden sailing vessel. Crew: 8
Crew Lost: all

Easting

440000

Northing

565000

Grid Reference

NZ440000565000

Sources

National Monuments Record (1356222); Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 20-OCT-1829, No. 6474; Durham County Advertiser 24-OCT-1829, No.790 Page(s)3