Tynemouth Bar, Carolina

HER Number

14457

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Tynemouth Bar, Carolina

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

1763 wreck of British cargo vessel which was lost off Tynemouth Bar en route from Rotterdam to Leith with goods; a wooden sailing vessel. Master: Andrew Roxburgh

Easting

436000

Northing

568000

Grid Reference

NZ436000568000

Sources

National Monuments Record (1385967); Newcastle Courant 12-MAR-1763, No.4512 Page(s)2; Newcastle Courant 19-MAR-1763, No.4513 Page(s)2