Black Middens, Resolution
Black Middens, Resolution
HER Number
14334
District
N Tyneside
Site Name
Black Middens, Resolution
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
1801 wreck of English cargo vessel which stranded near the Black Middens on arriving at Newcastle-upon-Tyne from London; a wooden sailing vessel. The NMR has another entry for a wherry named Resuloution (Pastscape 908733). No date is given but the ship appears to have sunk in the same area. Built: 1801
Where Built: Peterhead
Master: McKenzie or Mackenzie
Owner: W Frazer
Where Built: Peterhead
Master: McKenzie or Mackenzie
Owner: W Frazer
Easting
437000
Northing
568000
Grid Reference
NZ437000568000
Sources
National Monuments Record (971480 and 908733); Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 15-DEC-1801, No.4212; 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 Advertiser 12-DEC-1801, No.684 Page(s)4; Hydrographic Office wreck index 09-MAR-1993 Page(s)N/a