Tynemouth, Gibraltar

HER Number

14445

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Tynemouth, Gibraltar

Place

Tynemouth

Map Sheet

NZ46NE

Class

Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad

Fishing Vessel

Site Type: Specific

Whaler

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Wreckage

Description

March 1796 wreck of English whaler which was burnt off Tynemouth by a French privateer, and left to founder. En route from Kingston-upon-Hull to Greenland, she was a wooden sailing vessel. Master: Wray

Easting

447000

Northing

569000

Grid Reference

NZ447000569000

Sources

National Monuments Record (1337019); Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 01-MAR-1796, No.2798; Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 11-MAR-1796, No.2801; Newcastle Courant 19-MAR-1796, No.6232 Page(s)4; Newcastle Advertiser 19-MAR-1796 [issue number lost: page mutilated] Page(s)2