South Shields, Betsy

HER Number

13971

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

South Shields, Betsy

Place

South Shields

Map Sheet

NZ36NE

Class

Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad

Sailing Vessel <By Rig>

Site Type: Specific

Schooner

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Wreckage

Description

English Schooner, lost 1859, became leaky in wind conditions SW force 5 and was run ashore at a quarter flood at 10.30pm and became a wreck. Estimated financial loss on the vessel was 210 [sterling]. (1)(2)

Built: 1806
Crew: 3

Easting

437840

Northing

567440

Grid Reference

NZ437840567440

Sources

National Monument Record (996729), United Kingdom Shipwreck Index, Larn, R & B, (1997) Shipwreck index of the British Isles, Volume 3. The east coast of England: Essex, Suffolk, Norfolk, Lincolnshire, Yorkshire, Co.Durham, Northumberland, Section 6, County Durham