Whitley Bay, Prince George

HER Number

14013

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Whitley Bay, Prince George

Place

Whitley Bay

Map Sheet

NZ37SE

Class

Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad

Transport Vessel

Site Type: Specific

Collier

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Wreckage

Description

October 1763 wreck of British collier which stranded between Shields and Blyth, on her voyage in ballast; a wooden sailing vessel. The Prince George, Nightingale and Charming Betty were all wrecked on the same night in gales.

Master: Bone or Bond

Easting

435000

Northing

573000

Grid Reference

NZ435000573000

Sources

Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 11-OCT-1763, No.2895; 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 7, Northumberland (CG); Newcastle Courant 08-OCT-1763, No.4542 Page(s)2; National Monuments Record (971302)