Black Middens, Allendale
Black Middens, Allendale
HER Number
14025
District
N Tyneside
Site Name
Black Middens, Allendale
Place
Tynemouth
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
Class
Maritime Craft
Site Type: Broad
Sailing Vessel <By Form/Type>
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Form of Evidence
Wreckage
Description
1841 wreck of English snow which stranded on the Black Middens. Constructed of wood, she was a sailing vessel. From Hodgson's Wreck List:
'1st September 1841: ALENDALE [sic] wrecked on the Black Middens.' (1)
Entry stamped "wrecked" during the currency of the 1841 register, valid July 1841 to June 1842. This entry spells the name of the vessel as ALLENDALE, which is the conventional spelling for this name.
Built: 1834
Where Built: Sunderland
Master: G Elliott
Owner: J & P Dryden
Construction: iron bolts
Lloyd's Classification: AE1
'1st September 1841: ALENDALE [sic] wrecked on the Black Middens.' (1)
Entry stamped "wrecked" during the currency of the 1841 register, valid July 1841 to June 1842. This entry spells the name of the vessel as ALLENDALE, which is the conventional spelling for this name.
Built: 1834
Where Built: Sunderland
Master: G Elliott
Owner: J & P Dryden
Construction: iron bolts
Lloyd's Classification: AE1
Easting
437090
Northing
568800
Grid Reference
NZ437090568800
Sources
National Monuments Record (1362138), Boswell Whitaker 1979 Preservation of life from shipwreck, volume 1 : Skuetender lifeboat Page(s)68, Lloyd's 1964 Lloyd's register of British and foreign shipping 1841, No.441(A)