North Shields, Perseverance

HER Number

14385

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

North Shields, Perseverance

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 English craft which stranded north of Shields during a storm; a wooden sailing vessel. Master: Jefferson

Easting

436000

Northing

568000

Grid Reference

NZ436000568000

Sources

National Monuments Record (1388545); Newcastle Courant 11-DEC-1784, No.5644 Page(s)4; Newcastle Chronicle 11-DEC-1784, No.1067 Page(s)2