Black Middens, Stanley
Black Middens, Stanley
HER Number
12972
District
N Tyneside
Site Name
Black Middens, Stanley
Place
Tynemouth
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
Class
Maritime Craft
Site Type: Broad
Transport Vessel
Site Type: Specific
Passenger Vessel
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Wreckage
Description
On 24 November 1864 the passenger steamer Stanley, sailing from London to Aberdeen, sank having hit Black Middens rocks in a violent storm The local lifeboat (Constance) could not reach the ship due to the high seas. Built: c.1858
Where Built: West Hartlepool
Propulsion: Screw driven, 2 cylinder compound engine; 2 engines
Boilers: 1
HP: 110
Master: Thomas Howling
Crew: 29-30
Crew Lost: 5
Passengers: c.30
Passengers Lost: c.20
Lives Lost: c.24
Owner: Steam Navigation Co. After this event the Tynemouth Volunteer Life Brigade (HER 2214) was formed, the oldest organisation of its kind in the world. She was lost in the same storm as the FRIENDSHIP (HER 12973), the ARDWELL (HER 13356) and the ESCORT (NMR NO. 1548412).
Where Built: West Hartlepool
Propulsion: Screw driven, 2 cylinder compound engine; 2 engines
Boilers: 1
HP: 110
Master: Thomas Howling
Crew: 29-30
Crew Lost: 5
Passengers: c.30
Passengers Lost: c.20
Lives Lost: c.24
Owner: Steam Navigation Co. After this event the Tynemouth Volunteer Life Brigade (HER 2214) was formed, the oldest organisation of its kind in the world. She was lost in the same storm as the FRIENDSHIP (HER 12973), the ARDWELL (HER 13356) and the ESCORT (NMR NO. 1548412).
Easting
437100
Northing
568700
Grid Reference
NZ437100568700
Sources
Peter Collings, 1991, The New Divers Guide to the North-East Coast, page 35; National Monuments Record (1364862); 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)102-5; Boswell Whitaker 1980 Preservation of life from shipwreck, volume 2 : South Shields Volunteer Life Brigade Page(s)26-49; Boswell Whitaker 1980 Preservation of life from shipwreck, volume 3 : Tynemouth Volunteer Life Brigade Page(s)1-9