Tynemouth, Laurel

HER Number

14605

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Tynemouth, Laurel

Place

Tynemouth

Map Sheet

NZ36NE

Class

Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad

Sailing Vessel <By Rig>

Site Type: Specific

Schooner

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Wreckage

Description

ENGLISH SCHOONER, drove onto rocks, 1859. Built: 1841
Crew: 5

Easting

437000

Northing

568900

Grid Reference

NZ437000568900

Sources

National Monuments Record (996732); 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); United Kingdom shipwreck index