Tynemouth, Minerva

HER Number

14417

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Tynemouth, Minerva

Place

Tynemouth

Map Sheet

NZ46NE

Class

Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad

Sailing Vessel <By Form/Type>

Site Type: Specific

Smack

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Wreckage

Description

1826 wreck of British smack which foundered off Shields following a collision with the BETSY CAINS; a wooden sailing vessel.

Easting

447000

Northing

569000

Grid Reference

NZ447000569000

Sources

Newcastle Courant 07-JUL-1827, No.7865 Page(s)4; National Monuments Record (1407948)