Tynemouth, Friendship
Tynemouth, Friendship
HER Number
13987
District
N Tyneside
Site Name
Tynemouth, Friendship
Place
Tynemouth
Class
Maritime Craft
Site Type: Broad
Sailing Vessel <By Form/Type>
Site Type: Specific
Sloop
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Wreckage
Description
1855 wreck of English sloop which foundered 2.5 miles off Tynemouth Light after a collision while on route from Stockton-on-Tees for Shields with iron; a wooden sailing vessel. `Warkworth, 9th Nov. The FRIENDSHIP (sloop) of and from Stockton for Shields, with iron, was run down by a schooner at 11pm on the 7th Nov.; crew picked up by the ZEALOUS, Dawson, arrived here.
`Blyth, 9th Nov. The ALBION, Baldry, of and from Yarmouth, which arrived here yesterday, came in collision with a loaded sloop about 2.5 miles NE of the Tynemouth light; the sloop was not seen afterwards.'
`Blyth, 9th Nov. The ALBION, Baldry, of and from Yarmouth, which arrived here yesterday, came in collision with a loaded sloop about 2.5 miles NE of the Tynemouth light; the sloop was not seen afterwards.'
Easting
442000
Northing
572000
Grid Reference
NZ442000572000
Sources
National Monuments Record (1379750); Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 12-NOV-1855, No.12987 P5