Black Middens, Merchant

HER Number

14184

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Black Middens, Merchant

Place

Tynemouth

Map Sheet

NZ36NE

Class

Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad

Transport Vessel

Site Type: Specific

Cargo Vessel

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Wreckage

Description

1825 wreck of English cargo vessel which stranded and bilged on the Black Middens, apparently while attempting to return to Sunderland during a gale with sleet. En route from Sunderland to London with coal, she was a wooden sailing vessel.

Master: Taylor

Easting

437000

Northing

568000

Grid Reference

NZ437000568000

Sources

Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 11-MAR-1825, No.5993; Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 22-MAR-1825, No.5996; Newcastle Courant 12-MAR-1825, No.7744 Page(s)4; Durham County Advertiser 12-MAR-1825, No.549 Page(s)3; Durham County Advertiser 26-MAR-1825, No.551 Page(s)3; National Monuments Record (971691)