Tynemouth, Prosperity

HER Number

14424

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Tynemouth, Prosperity

Place

Tynemouth

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

1780 wreck of Scottish cargo vessel which foundered off the Sparrowhawk after a collision, on departing Newcastle-upon-Tyne for Kirkwall with sundry goods; a wooden sailing vessel. Master: Balfour

Easting

437000

Northing

569000

Grid Reference

NZ437000569000

Sources

Newcastle Courant 25-NOV-1780, No.5434 Page(s)4; National Monuments Record (1387703)