Whitburn, Whitburn Steel, Benjamin

HER Number

15138

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

Whitburn, Whitburn Steel, Benjamin

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

1758 wreck of English cargo vessel which stranded on Whitburn Steel en route from London in ballast. Built circa 1758, she was a wooden sailing vessel. Master: Francis Smallwood

Easting

441000

Northing

560000

Grid Reference

NZ441000560000

Sources

National Monuments Record (1385466); Newcastle Courant 23-DEC-1758, No.4292 Page(s)2