Black Middens, La Virgie (La Vierge)
Black Middens, La Virgie (La Vierge)
HER Number
14175
District
N Tyneside
Site Name
Black Middens, La Virgie (La Vierge)
Place
Tynemouth
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
Class
Maritime Craft
Site Type: Specific
Wreck
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Wreckage
Description
The next casualty list of note was during the terrible gale of 4th and 5th January 1857...LA VIRGIE wrecked on the Black Middens...
NB: The name of the vessel has also been given in the form LA VIERGE as the more correct French form.
NB: The name of the vessel has also been given in the form LA VIERGE as the more correct French form.
Easting
437000
Northing
568000
Grid Reference
NZ437000568000
Sources
Boswell Whitaker 1979 Preservation of life from shipwreck, volume 1 : Skuetender lifeboat Page(s)93; National Monuments Record (1364741)