Tynemouth, Arethusa
Tynemouth, Arethusa
HER Number
14600
District
N Tyneside
Site Name
Tynemouth, Arethusa
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
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Wreckage
Description
ENGLISH BRIG, wrecked on Tynemouth Rocks during the gales January 3rd-10th 1854. Built: 1839
Where Built: Aberdeen
Master: J Wood
Crew: 8
Owner: Newman & Co.
Construction: part iron bolts
Where Built: Aberdeen
Master: J Wood
Crew: 8
Owner: Newman & Co.
Construction: part iron bolts
Easting
437000
Northing
568900
Grid Reference
NZ437000568900
Sources
National Monuments Record (1316443); Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 06-JAN-1854, No.12414 Page(s)5; Lloyd's 1964 Lloyd's register of British and foreign shipping 1853, No.697(A);
loyd's 1964 Lloyd's register of British and foreign shipping 1854, No.765(A); Boswell Whitaker 1979 Preservation of life from shipwreck, volume 1 : Skuetender lifeboat Page(s)91-2 ;
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); Boswell Whitaker 1980 Preservation of life from shipwreck, volume 2 : South Shields Volunteer Life Brigade Page(s)21
loyd's 1964 Lloyd's register of British and foreign shipping 1854, No.765(A); Boswell Whitaker 1979 Preservation of life from shipwreck, volume 1 : Skuetender lifeboat Page(s)91-2 ;
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); Boswell Whitaker 1980 Preservation of life from shipwreck, volume 2 : South Shields Volunteer Life Brigade Page(s)21