Tynemouth, Providence

HER Number

14001

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Tynemouth, Providence

Place

Tynemouth

Class

Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad

Sailing Vessel <By Form/Type>

Site Type: Specific

Lugger

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Wreckage

Description

1795 wreck of English lugger, which foundered a few leagues off Tynemouth Bar on being scuttled by a Dutch privateer; a wooden sailing vessel.

Easting

441000

Northing

568000

Grid Reference

NZ441000568000

Sources

National Monuments Record (1393159), Newcastle Advertiser 25-SEP-1795 [issue number obliterated] P2, Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 25-SEP-1795, No.2754