Tynemouth Head, Elizabeth

HER Number

14319

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Tynemouth Head, Elizabeth

Place

Tynemouth

Map Sheet

NZ36NE

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

1824 wreck of English craft which stranded and bilged near Prior's Haven on attempting to reach Shields during a gale. Originally bound from Sunderland to Topsham, she was a wooden sailing vessel. Master: Brown

Easting

437000

Northing

569000

Grid Reference

NZ437000569000

Sources

National Monuments Record (973080); Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 26-NOV-1824, No.5963; Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 30-NOV-1824, No.5964; Durham County Advertiser 04-DEC-1824, No.535 Page(s)3; Newcastle Courant 04-DEC-1824, No.7730 Page(s)4; Durham County Advertiser 11-DEC-1824, No.536 Page(s)3