Black Middens, Elizabeth

HER Number

14135

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Black Middens, Elizabeth

Place

Tynemouth

Map Sheet

NZ36NE

Class

Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad

Sailing Vessel <By Rig>

Site Type: Specific

Schooner

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Wreckage

Description

The tow line from a tug was cast off in wind conditions ENE force 6 and rain before the ship had time to set any sail. On crossing the Bar, she was driven on the rocks at 8pm and became a total loss. Estimated financial loss on the vessel was 800 [sterling].
Built: 1847
Crew: 5
Owner: Palmer, Boston

Easting

437000

Northing

568000

Grid Reference

NZ437000568000

Sources

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 Page(s)93; Boswell Whitaker 1980 Preservation of life from shipwreck, volume 2 : South Shields Volunteer Life Brigade Page(s)22; National Monuments Record (996706)