Tynemouth, Argo

HER Number

14517

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Tynemouth, Argo

Place

Tynemouth

Map Sheet

NZ36NE

Class

Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad

Sailing Vessel <By Rig>

Site Type: Specific

Brigantine

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Wreckage

Description

1820 incident in which an English brig grounded and was bilged on the Spanish Battery Rocks on attempting to enter Shields. This wooden sailing vessel was shortly afterwards recovered.

Easting

437000

Northing

569000

Grid Reference

NZ437000569000

Sources

National Monuments Record (971611); Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 22-DEC-1820, No.5553; Newcastle Courant 23-DEC-1820, No.7524 Page(s)4; Newcastle Courant 30-DEC-1820, No.7525 Page(s)4