South Shields, Moritz Reichemheim (Moritz Reichenheim)
South Shields, Moritz Reichemheim (Moritz Reichenheim)
HER Number
14672
District
S Tyneside
Site Name
South Shields, Moritz Reichemheim (Moritz Reichenheim)
Place
South Shields
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
1869 wreck of brig, possibly German, which stranded 2 miles south of Tynemouth during a storm. En route from Shoreham-by-Sea to the River Tyne in ballast, she was a wooden sailing vessel. Built: 1857
Crew: 10
Crew Lost: 9
Crew: 10
Crew Lost: 9
Easting
437840
Northing
567440
Grid Reference
NZ437840567440
Sources
National Monuments Record (1313165); 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 [pre publication typescript]