Tynemouth Head, Hope

HER Number

14477

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Tynemouth Head, Hope

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

1803 wreck of British craft which was wrecked at Prior's Haven during a storm, having arrived 10 days previously; a wooden sailing vessel. There appears to be some confusion between the ISABELLA (HER 14479) and the HOPE.
Master: Liddell

Easting

437000

Northing

569000

Grid Reference

NZ437000569000

Sources

National Monuments Record (973326); Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 21-JAN-1803, No.4318; Richard and Bridget Larn 1997 Shipwreck index of the British Isles, volume 3. The east coast of England : Essex, Suffolk, Norfolk, Lincolnshire, Yorkshire, County Durham, Northumberland Section 6, County Durham (CF); Dick Keys and Ken Smith 1998 Black Diamonds by Sea: North-East Sailing Colliers 1780-1880 Page(s)20, 23; Newcastle Courant 08-JAN-1803, No.6587 Page(s)4; Newcastle Advertiser 15-JAN-1803, No.744 Page(s)4; Tyne Mercury 18-JAN-1803, No.34 Page(s)3