South Shields, Fortuna Permien (Fortuna or Fortuna Perimien)

HER Number

14415

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

South Shields, Fortuna Permien (Fortuna or Fortuna Perimien)

Place

South Shields

Map Sheet

NZ46NE

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

1809 wreck of craft which foundered off Shields on her passage from St. Petersburg; a wooden sailing vessel. Master: Permien

Easting

447000

Northing

568000

Grid Reference

NZ447000568000

Sources

National Monuments Record (1313453); United Kingdom shipwreck index [pre publication typescript]; Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 10-NOV-1809, No.4406; 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); 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 7, Northumberland (CG); Newcastle Courant 18-NOV-1809, No.6945 Page(s)4