Tynemouth Head, Harvey

HER Number

15078

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

Tynemouth Head, Harvey

Place

South Shields

Map Sheet

NZ36NE

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

1790 wreck of English West Indiaman which stranded under the Spanish Battery on arriving at Shields from London to load cargo for Jamaica; a wooden sailing vessel. Master: Cook

Easting

437400

Northing

569000

Grid Reference

NZ437400569000

Sources

National Monuments Record (971448); Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 21-DEC-1790, No.2257; 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); Newcastle Courant 24-DEC-1790, No.5959 Page(s)4