Whitley Bay, Whitley Sands, Tre Venner
Whitley Bay, Whitley Sands, Tre Venner
HER Number
14639
District
N Tyneside
Site Name
Whitley Bay, Whitley Sands, Tre Venner
Place
Whitley Bay
Map Sheet
NZ37SE
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
NORWEGIAN BRIG, stranded on Whitley Sands, 1891
Built: 1847
Where Built: Grimstad
Master: A L Berg
Crew: 7
Owner: L Larsen, Sandefjord
Built: 1847
Where Built: Grimstad
Master: A L Berg
Crew: 7
Owner: L Larsen, Sandefjord
Easting
435500
Northing
573000
Grid Reference
NZ435500573000
Sources
National Monuments Record (1035994); United Kingdom shipwreck index; 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 Sections 6