Tynemouth, Hopewel

HER Number

14481

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Tynemouth, Hopewel

Place

Tynemouth

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

1751 wreck of British cargo vessel which foundered at Shields after a collision, while departing for Scotland with flax and flour; a wooden sailing vessel. Master: Forsythe

Easting

436000

Northing

568000

Grid Reference

NZ436000568000

Sources

National Monuments Record (1377401); Newcastle Courant 13-APR to 20-APR-1751, No.2991 Page(s)3; Newcastle Courant 20-APR to 27-APR-1751, No.2992 Page(s)2