North Shields, Fame

HER Number

14380

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

North Shields, Fame

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

1784 wreck of British craft which stranded north of Shields during a storm in December; a wooden sailing vessel. Master: Simpson

Easting

436000

Northing

568000

Grid Reference

NZ436000568000

Sources

National Monuments Record (973106); Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 14-DEC-1784, No.1629; Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 17-DEC-1784, No.1630; Newcastle Courant 11-DEC-1784, No.5644 Page(s)4