1772 wreck of English cargo vessel which stranded on the Sparrowhawk on arriving at Shields from London in ballast; a wooden sailing vessel. Master: Rockwood
Site Type: Broad
Transport Vessel
SITEDESC
1772 wreck of English cargo vessel which stranded on the Sparrowhawk on arriving at Shields from London in ballast; a wooden sailing vessel. Master: Rockwood
Site Name
Sparrowhawk, Rose in June
Site Type: Specific
Cargo Vessel
HER Number
14565
Form of Evidence
Wreckage
Sources
National Monuments Record (1386796); Newcastle Courant 07-MAR-1772, No.4981 Page(s)2
YEAR1
2012
English, British
Class
Maritime Craft
COMP1
Claire MacRae
DAY1
23
District
N Tyneside
Easting
437000
Grid ref figure
4
LANDUSE
Marine
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
MATERIAL
Timber
MONTH1
2
Grid Reference
NZ
NMRNUMBER
NZ 36 NE 908
Northing
569000
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Place
Tynemouth
Description
ENGLISH CARGO VESSEL, 1732 Master: Thomas Hoult
Crew Lost: all
Site Type: Broad
Transport Vessel
SITEDESC
ENGLISH CARGO VESSEL, 1732 Master: Thomas Hoult
Crew Lost: all
Site Name
Sparrowhawk, Olive Berry
Site Type: Specific
Cargo Vessel
HER Number
14564
Form of Evidence
Wreckage
Sources
National Monuments Record (1368438); Newcastle Courant 22-JUL-1732, No.378 Page(s)3
YEAR1
2012
English, British
Class
Maritime Craft
COMP1
Claire MacRae
DAY1
23
District
N Tyneside
Easting
437000
Grid ref figure
4
LANDUSE
Marine
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
MONTH1
2
Grid Reference
NZ
NMRNUMBER
NZ 36 NE 349
Northing
569000
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Tynemouth
Description
ENGLISH CARGO VESSEL, 1878 Built: c1870
Builder: Mitchell
Where Built: Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Propulsion: Screw driven, 2 cylinder inverted compound engine
HP: 110
Boilers: 1
Machinery: R & W Hawthorn, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Construction: 1 deck; 4 bulkheads
Master: R Meadows
Crew: 18
Owner: R B Avery, North Shields
Site Type: Broad
Transport Vessel
SITEDESC
ENGLISH CARGO VESSEL, 1878 Built: c1870
Builder: Mitchell
Where Built: Newcastle upon Tyne
Propulsion: Screw driven, 2 cylinder inverted compound engine
HP: 110
Boilers: 1
Machinery: R & W Hawthorn, Newcastle upon Tyne
Construction: 1 deck; 4 bulkheads
Master: R Meadows
Crew: 18
Owner: R B Avery, North Shields
Site Name
Tynemouth Head, Stagshaw
Site Type: Specific
Cargo Vessel
HER Number
14563
Form of Evidence
Wreckage
Sources
National Monuments Record (997052); United Kingdom shipwreck index [pre publication typescript]; 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 1980 Preservation of life from shipwreck, volume 3 : Tynemouth Volunteer Life Brigade Page(s)51-2
YEAR1
2012
English, British
Class
Maritime Craft
COMP1
Claire MacRae
DAY1
23
District
N Tyneside
Easting
437000
Grid ref figure
4
LANDUSE
Marine
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
MATERIAL
Timber
MONTH1
2
Grid Reference
NZ
NMRNUMBER
NZ 36 NE 275
Northing
569000
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Place
Tynemouth
Description
1818 wreck of English brig which stranded on the Spanish Battery Rocks during a gale, on her arrival at Shields from London; a wooden sailing vessel.
Site Type: Broad
Sailing Vessel <By Rig>
SITEDESC
1818 wreck of English brig which stranded on the Spanish Battery Rocks during a gale, on her arrival at Shields from London; a wooden sailing vessel.
Site Name
Tynemouth Head, Peace
Site Type: Specific
Brigantine
HER Number
14562
Form of Evidence
Wreckage
Sources
National Monuments Record (973407);Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 10-MAR-1818, No.5261; Newcastle Courant 07-MAR-1818, No.7378 Page(s)4; Newcastle Courant 14-MAR-1818, No.7379 Page(s)4; Newcastle Courant 28-MAR-1818, No.7381 Page(s)4
YEAR1
2012
English, British
Class
Maritime Craft
COMP1
Claire MacRae
DAY1
23
District
N Tyneside
Easting
437000
Grid ref figure
4
LANDUSE
Marine
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
MATERIAL
Timber
MONTH1
2
Grid Reference
NZ
NMRNUMBER
NZ 36 NE 1068
Northing
569000
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Place
Tynemouth
Description
1832 wreck of English cargo vessel which stranded on the Spanish Battery Rocks on her arrival at Shields from Great Yarmouth in ballast; a wooden sailing vessel. Master: Fish
Site Type: Broad
Transport Vessel
SITEDESC
1832 wreck of English cargo vessel which stranded on the Spanish Battery Rocks on her arrival at Shields from Great Yarmouth in ballast; a wooden sailing vessel. Master: Fish
Site Name
Tynemouth Head, Mantua (Mantina)
Site Type: Specific
Cargo Vessel
HER Number
14561
Form of Evidence
Wreckage
Sources
National Monuments Record (1407108);Newcastle Courant 10-MAR-1832, No.8198 Page(s)4; Durham County Advertiser 16-MAR-1832, No.915 Page(s)295
YEAR1
2012
English, British
Class
Maritime Craft
COMP1
Claire MacRae
DAY1
23
District
N Tyneside
Easting
437000
Grid ref figure
4
LANDUSE
Marine
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
MATERIAL
Timber
MONTH1
2
Grid Reference
NZ
NMRNUMBER
NZ 36 NE 229
Northing
569000
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Place
Tynemouth
Description
1823 wreck of English sloop which stranded on the Spanish Battery Rocks on entering Shields during a snowstorm. Bound from London in ballast, she was a wooden sailing vessel. Construction: 1 mast
Master: Shepherd
Crew: 5
Site Type: Broad
Sailing Vessel <By Form/Type>
SITEDESC
1823 wreck of English sloop which stranded on the Spanish Battery Rocks on entering Shields during a snowstorm. Bound from London in ballast, she was a wooden sailing vessel. Construction: 1 mast
Master: Shepherd
Crew: 5
Site Name
Tynemouth Head, Lark
Site Type: Specific
Sloop
HER Number
14560
Form of Evidence
Wreckage
Sources
National Monuments Record (971632); Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list; 11-FEB-1823, No.5776; Newcastle Courant 15-FEB-1823, No.7636 Page(s)4; Durham County Advertiser 15-FEB-1823, No.441 Page(s)3; Durham County Advertiser 22-FEB-1823, No.442 Page(s)3
YEAR1
2012
English, British
Class
Maritime Craft
COMP1
Claire MacRae
DAY1
23
District
N Tyneside
Easting
437000
Grid ref figure
4
LANDUSE
Marine
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
MATERIAL
Timber
MONTH1
2
Grid Reference
NZ
NMRNUMBER
NZ 36 NE 154
Northing
569000
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Place
Tynemouth
Description
1810 wreck of English cargo vessel which stranded among the Spanish Battery Rocks, on her passage in ballast; a wooden sailing vessel.
Site Type: Broad
Transport Vessel
SITEDESC
1810 wreck of English cargo vessel which stranded among the Spanish Battery Rocks, on her passage in ballast; a wooden sailing vessel.
Site Name
Tynemouth Head, John
Site Type: Specific
Cargo Vessel
HER Number
14559
Form of Evidence
Wreckage
Sources
National Monuments Record (971514); Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 21-DEC-1810, No.4521; 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); Newcastle Courant 15-DEC-1810, No.7001 Page(s)4
YEAR1
2012
English, British
Class
Maritime Craft
COMP1
Claire MacRae
DAY1
23
District
N Tyneside
Easting
437000
Grid ref figure
4
LANDUSE
Marine
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
MATERIAL
Iron
MONTH1
2
Grid Reference
NZ
NMRNUMBER
NZ 36 NE 931
Northing
569000
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Tynemouth
Description
1881 wreck of English barque which stranded on the Spanish Battery rocks at Tynemouth on her arrival at the Tyne from Hamburg in ballast. Built in 1862, she was an iron sailing vessel. Built: 1862
Builder: Palmer Builders and Co.
Construction: 2 bulkheads
Official Number: 45,398
Master: J James
Site Type: Broad
Sailing Vessel <By Rig>
SITEDESC
1881 wreck of English barque which stranded on the Spanish Battery rocks at Tynemouth on her arrival at the Tyne from Hamburg in ballast. Built in 1862, she was an iron sailing vessel. Built: 1862
Builder: Palmer Builders and Co.
Construction: 2 bulkheads
Official Number: 45,398
Master: J James
Owner: Shallcross and Higham
Site Name
Tynemouth Head, Iron Crown
Site Type: Specific
Barque
HER Number
14558
Form of Evidence
Wreckage
Sources
National Monuments Record (878418); United Kingdom shipwreck index [pre publication typescript]; Richard and Bridget Larn 1995 Shipwreck index of the British Isles, volume 1 : Isles of Scilly, Cornwall, Devon, Dorset Section 5, South Devon (AH); R Larn Devon shipwrecks Shipwrecks Page(s)256; Oral information, correspondence (not archived) or staff comments; Boswell Whitaker 1980 Preservation of life from shipwreck, volume 3 : Tynemouth Volunteer Life Brigade Page(s)60-63; Times 22-OCT-1881, No.30,332 Page(s)12; Parliamentary papers Board of Trade Wreck Report for Iron Crown, No.1151, 1881, accessed via <http://www.plimsoll.org/resources/SCCLibraries/WreckReports/14697.asp > on 01-JUN-2011
YEAR1
2012
English, British
Class
Maritime Craft
COMP1
Claire MacRae
DAY1
23
District
N Tyneside
Easting
437000
Grid ref figure
4
LANDUSE
Marine
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
MONTH1
2
Grid Reference
NZ
NMRNUMBER
NZ 36 NE 759
Northing
569000
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Tynemouth
Description
ENGLISH SNOW, 1854 wrecked near Spanish Battery in force 6 winds.
Site Type: Broad
Sailing Vessel <By Rig>
SITEDESC
ENGLISH SNOW, 1854 wrecked near Spanish Battery in force 6 winds.
Site Name
Tynemouth Head, Elizabeth (Elisabeth)
Site Type: Specific
Snow
HER Number
14557
Form of Evidence
Wreckage
Sources
National Monuments Record (1363005); 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); Lloyd's 1964 Lloyd's register of British and foreign shipping 1853, No.334(E) & No.343(E); Lloyd's 1964 Lloyd's register of British and foreign shipping 1854, No.362(E) & No.369(E); Boswell Whitaker 1979 Preservation of life from shipwreck, volume 1 : Skuetender lifeboat Page(s)91-2; Boswell Whitaker 1980 Preservation of life from shipwreck, volume 2 : South Shields Volunteer Life Brigade Page(s)21
YEAR1
2012
English, British
Class
Maritime Craft
COMP1
Claire MacRae
DAY1
23
District
N Tyneside
Easting
437000
Grid ref figure
4
LANDUSE
Marine
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
MATERIAL
Timber
MONTH1
2
Grid Reference
NZ
NMRNUMBER
NZ 36 NE 1029
Northing
569000
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Place
Tynemouth
Description
1808 wreck of English cargo vessel which stranded on the Spanish Battery Rocks in entering Shields; a wooden sailing vessel.
Site Type: Broad
Transport Vessel
SITEDESC
1808 wreck of English cargo vessel which stranded on the Spanish Battery Rocks in entering Shields; a wooden sailing vessel.
Site Name
Tynemouth Head, Diana
Site Type: Specific
Cargo Vessel
HER Number
14556
Form of Evidence
Wreckage
Sources
National Monuments Record (1398628); Newcastle Courant 26-MAR-1808, No.6859 Page(s)1, 4; Tyne Mercury 22-MAR-1808, No.304 Page(s)3