Tynemouth, Goldfinch

HER Number

14486

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Tynemouth, Goldfinch

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

1766 wreck of English cargo vessel which stranded and bilged at Shields while partly laden with coal; a wooden sailing vessel. Master: Todd

Easting

436000

Northing

568000

Grid Reference

NZ436000568000

Sources

National Monuments Record (971419); Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 18-APR-1766, No.3157; 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 12-APR-1766, No.4673 Page(s)2