Black Middens, Lively
Black Middens, Lively
HER Number
14178
District
N Tyneside
Site Name
Black Middens, Lively
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 great gale of 15th November 1854, when three vessels were wrecked simultaneously on the Black Middens. They were the LIVELY of Lynn, KATE ROBERTSON...and NAPOLEON III.' (1)
`Newcastle Courant 17th November 1854.
"Wednesday (15th) since midnight, we have had a violent gale of wind from the south-east with a tempestuous sea rolling on the coast...At about 11am, the following vessels, one after the other as they took the bar, drove onto the Black Middens...the schooner LIVELY owned by Samson of Lynn with a cargo of granite...The crews were saved by the rocket apparatus." ' (2)
Owner: Samson (2) [NB: This source often confuses the master with the owner]
`Newcastle Courant 17th November 1854.
"Wednesday (15th) since midnight, we have had a violent gale of wind from the south-east with a tempestuous sea rolling on the coast...At about 11am, the following vessels, one after the other as they took the bar, drove onto the Black Middens...the schooner LIVELY owned by Samson of Lynn with a cargo of granite...The crews were saved by the rocket apparatus." ' (2)
Owner: Samson (2) [NB: This source often confuses the master with the owner]
Easting
437000
Northing
568000
Grid Reference
NZ437000568000
Sources
(1) 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)21; National Monuments Record (1363292)