North Shields, Spanish Battery, Joseph and Samuel
North Shields, Spanish Battery, Joseph and Samuel
HER Number
14352
District
N Tyneside
Site Name
North Shields, Spanish Battery, Joseph and Samuel
Place
North Shields
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
1819 wreck of English cargo vessel which stranded on the Spanish Battery Rocks on entering North Shields in ballast; a wooden sailing vessel. Master: Knight
Easting
437000
Northing
569000
Grid Reference
NZ437000569000
Sources
National Monuments Record (971593); Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 03-DEC-1819, No.5444; Durham County Advertiser 04-DEC-1819, No.274 Page(s)3; Newcastle Courant 04-DEC-1819 , No.7469 Page(s)4