Tynemouth, New Messenger

HER Number

14606

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Tynemouth, New Messenger

Place

Tynemouth

Map Sheet

NZ36NE

Class

Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad

Sailing Vessel <By Rig>

Site Type: Specific

Snow

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Wreckage

Description

English snow wrecked on Tynemouth Rocks in wind conditions SE force 6, during the gales January 3rd-10th 1854 which caused many other ships to run aground. The crew were saved by both the Manby mortar apparatus and the crew of the lifeboat. Built: 1849
Where Built: Sunderland
Master: J Moore
Crew: 8

Easting

437000

Northing

568900

Grid Reference

NZ437000568900

Sources

National Monuments Record (1316454); Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 06-JAN-1854, No.12414 Page(s)5; 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 1979 Preservation of life from shipwreck, volume 1 : Skuetender lifeboat Page(s)91-92; Lloyd's 1964 Lloyd's register of British and foreign shipping 1854, No.120(N); Lloyd's 1964 Lloyd's register of British and foreign shipping 1853, No.103(N); Boswell Whitaker 1980 Preservation of life from shipwreck, volume 2 : South Shields Volunteer Life Brigade Page(s)21