Tynemouth, Friendship

HER Number

12973

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Tynemouth, Friendship

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

A schooner which came ashore at Black Middens only yards away from the S.S. Stanley (HER 12972) in the same storm on 24th November 1858. During the rescue attempt, the hull of the lifeboat 'Constance' was crushed and three of her crew drowned. The Friendship sank with everyone on board. Thirty four lives were lost in total.

Easting

437100

Northing

568700

Grid Reference

NZ437100568700

Sources

Peter Collings, 1991, The New Divers Guide to the North-East Coast, page 35