Spanish Battery, Providence

HER Number

14330

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Spanish Battery, Providence

Place

North Shields

Map Sheet

NZ36NE

Class

Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad

Sailing Vessel <By Form/Type>

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Wreckage

Description

1819 wreck of English craft which stranded near the Spanish Battery on attempting to enter Shields harbour; a wooden sailing vessel. Master: Wilson

Easting

436000

Northing

568000

Grid Reference

NZ436000568000

Sources

National Monuments Record (971597); Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 21-DEC-1819, No.5449; Durham County Advertiser 25-DEC-1819, No.277 Page(s)3