Tynemouth Head, Echo

HER Number

14318

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Tynemouth Head, Echo

Place

Tynemouth

Map Sheet

NZ36NE

Class

Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad

Transport Vessel

Site Type: Specific

Collier

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Wreckage

Description

1796 wreck of English collier or whaler which stranded near Prior's Haven on entering Shields harbour; a wooden sailing vessel.

Easting

437000

Northing

569000

Grid Reference

NZ437000569000

Sources

National Monuments Record (1392386); Newcastle Courant 13-FEB-1796, No.6227 Page(s)4; "The Newcastle Whaling Trade", Tony Barrow: in http://www.markpalmer.fsnet.co.uk/family-tree/newcastle-whaling-trade-1.html [Accessed 04-FEB-2004]