Black Middens, John (Mary)
Black Middens, John (Mary)
HER Number
14171
District
N Tyneside
Site Name
Black Middens, John (Mary)
Place
Tynemouth
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
Class
Maritime Craft
Site Type: Broad
Sailing Vessel <By Rig>
Site Type: Specific
Brig
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Form of Evidence
Wreckage
Description
1814 wreck of English brig which stranded on the Black Middens on entering Shields, bound from Helgoland to Kingston-upon-Hull with butter, cheese and bacon; a wooden sailing vessel.
Master: Stafford
Master: Stafford
Easting
437000
Northing
568000
Grid Reference
NZ437000568000
Sources
(1) Tyne Mercury 18-JAN-1814, No.608 Page(s)3
(2) Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 18-JAN-1814, No.4838
(3) 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)
(4) Newcastle Courant 15-JAN-1814, No.7162 Page(s)1
(5) National Monuments Record (1400806)
(2) Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 18-JAN-1814, No.4838
(3) 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)
(4) Newcastle Courant 15-JAN-1814, No.7162 Page(s)1
(5) National Monuments Record (1400806)