North Shields, Rock Head, Jane

HER Number

14339

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

North Shields, Rock Head, Jane

Place

North 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

1818 incident in which an English cargo vessel grounded on the Rock Head on her passage from Sunderland with coals. This wooden sailing vessel was shortly afterwards recovered.

Easting

436000

Northing

568000

Grid Reference

NZ436000568000

Sources

National Monuments Record (971582); Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 06-OCT-1818, No.5321; Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 09-OCT-1818, No.5322; Durham County Advertiser 10-OCT-1818, No.214 Page(s)3; Durham County Advertiser 17-OCT-1818, No.215 Page(s)3