Black Middens, Princess Caroline (P.Carolina)

HER Number

14219

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Black Middens, Princess Caroline (P.Carolina)

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

January 1765 wreck of British cargo vessel which stranded on the Black Middens on her arrival from London with guns; a wooden sailing vessel. Master: Patterson

Easting

437000

Northing

568000

Grid Reference

NZ437000568000

Sources

Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 01-FEB-1765, No.3032; 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; Newcastle Courant 19-JAN-1765, No.4608 Page(s)2; Newcastle Courant 26-JAN-1765, No.4609 Page(s)2; National Monuments Record (971415)