Black Middens, Advance
Black Middens, Advance
HER Number
14023
District
N Tyneside
Site Name
Black Middens, Advance
Place
Tynemouth
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
Class
Maritime Craft
Site Type: Broad
Fishing Vessel
Site Type: Specific
Drifter
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Wreckage
Description
A fishing drifter lost on the rocks in wind conditions E force 1. (1)(2)
1891 November 14th. Dense fog on coast. Trawler ADVANCE ashore on Spanish Battery Point. Lifeboats BEDFORD, coxswain John L Burn, and JAMES YOUNG, coxswain W C THURLBECK launched. Services not required. (3)
Built: 1890
Propulsion: Screw driven, 3 cylinder triple expansion engine
Boilers: 1
Master: C F Osborne
Crew: 7
Owner: W H Doubleday, North Shields
1891 November 14th. Dense fog on coast. Trawler ADVANCE ashore on Spanish Battery Point. Lifeboats BEDFORD, coxswain John L Burn, and JAMES YOUNG, coxswain W C THURLBECK launched. Services not required. (3)
Built: 1890
Propulsion: Screw driven, 3 cylinder triple expansion engine
Boilers: 1
Master: C F Osborne
Crew: 7
Owner: W H Doubleday, North Shields
Easting
437090
Northing
568800
Grid Reference
NZ437090568800
Sources
National Monuments Record (1001884), United Kingdom shipwreck index [pre publication typescript], 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 6, County Durham (CF), Boswell Whitaker 1979 Preservation of life from shipwreck, volume 1 : Skuetender lifeboat P130