North Shields, Spanish Battery, Triton
North Shields, Spanish Battery, Triton
HER Number
14359
District
N Tyneside
Site Name
North Shields, Spanish Battery, Triton
Place
North Shields
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
Class
Maritime Craft
Site Type: Broad
Sailing Vessel <By Rig>
Site Type: Specific
Brig
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Form of Evidence
Wreckage
Description
1800 wreck of English brig which stranded near the Spanish Battery on entering Shields in ballast, during a gale; a wooden sailing vessel.
Easting
437000
Northing
569000
Grid Reference
NZ437000569000
Sources
National Monuments Record (971474); Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 07-JAN-1800, No.4013; Newcastle Courant 04-JAN-1800, No.6430 Page(s)4; Newcastle Advertiser 11-JAN-1800, No.587 Page(s)2; Newcastle Courant 11-JAN-1800, No.6431 Page(s)4; Newcastle Advertiser 25-JAN-1800, No.589 Page(s)3; Newcastle Chronicle 11-JAN-1800 [via Ian T Spokes]