Black Middens, Sir William Curtis

HER Number

14224

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Black Middens, Sir William Curtis

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

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Wreckage

Description

English Schooner, wrecked March 1859 in force 6 wind conditions on Tynemouth Rocks along with the ELIZABETH. Crews saved. Built 1799.

Easting

437000

Northing

568000

Grid Reference

NZ437000568000

Sources

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);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)22; National Monuments Record (1364785)