Tynemouth Head, Betsey

HER Number

14554

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Tynemouth Head, Betsey

Place

Tynemouth

Map Sheet

NZ36NE

Class

Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad

Sailing Vessel <By Form/Type>

Site Type: Specific

Sloop

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Wreckage

Description

1822 wreck of British sloop which stranded on the Spanish Battery Rocks on her arrival at Tynemouth from Anstruther. Laden with potatoes, she was a wooden sailing vessel. Master: Rayner

Easting

437000

Northing

569000

Grid Reference

NZ437000569000

Sources

National Monuments Record (971615); Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 16-APR-1822, No.5690; Newcastle Courant 13-APR-1822, No.7592 Page(s)4; Newcastle Courant 20-APR-1822, No.7593 Page(s)4