North Shields, Dorothy

HER Number

14391

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

North Shields, Dorothy

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 grounded on the "Lowlights Point" on leaving Shields, and was beached at North Shields for sale; a wooden sailing vessel. Master: Johnson

Easting

437000

Northing

568000

Grid Reference

NZ437000568000

Sources

National Monuments Record (971437); Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 09-APR-1784, No.1558; 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 Courant 24-APR-1784, No.5611 Page(s)1