Black Middens, Mercury

HER Number

14185

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Black Middens, Mercury

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

1815 wreck of English brig which stranded on the Black Middens while en route from London to Blyth. A wooden sailing vessel built in 1747, on which it was said that Admiral Nelson had served at one stage of his career.

Built: 1747
Where Built: King's Lynn
Master: Davidson

Easting

437000

Northing

568000

Grid Reference

NZ437000568000

Sources

Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 31-JAN-1815, No.4943; Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 03-FEB-1815, No.4944; Terence Grocott 1997 Shipwrecks of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic eras Page(s)379; 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); Newcastle Courant 04-FEB-1815, No.7217 Page(s)4; Durham County Advertiser 04-FEB-1815, No.22 Page(s)3; Dick Keys and Ken Smith 1998 Black Diamonds by Sea: North-East Sailing Colliers 1780-1880 Page(s)24; National Monuments Record (1343513)