Tynemouth, St Albans

HER Number

14607

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Tynemouth, St Albans

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, wrecked on Tynemouth Rocks, 1874. Master: Henry H Smith
Crew: 5
Crew Lost: 1 or 2 [unclear]
Passengers: 1
Passengers Lost: 1

Easting

437000

Northing

568900

Grid Reference

NZ437000568900

Sources

National Monuments Record (1367410); Boswell Whitaker 1980 Preservation of life from shipwreck, volume 3 : Tynemouth Volunteer Life Brigade p45-47