Tynemouth, Keith Steward

HER Number

14487

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Tynemouth, Keith Steward

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

January 1833 wreck of Scottish cargo vessel, which stranded at near the Spanish Battery on putting in at Shields. Bound from Perth to London, she was a wooden sailing vessel. The ST NINIAN (HER 14488), Scotland, from Newry, the KEITH STEWARD from Perth, and the FRIENDS (HER 14485) from Montrose, all bound to London, in putting in here, were driven on the rocks and are totally lost with their cargoes. The crews were saved.

Easting

436000

Northing

568000

Grid Reference

NZ436000568000

Sources

National Monuments Record (1358896); Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 22-JAN-1833, No.6814; Parliamentary papers 1836, Select Committee on Shipwreck, 1833, Appendix 7 17 Page(s)298 (678); Newcastle Courant 26-JAN-1833, No. 8244 Page(s)4