Tynemouth Head, Elizabeth (Elisabeth)

HER Number

14557

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Tynemouth Head, Elizabeth (Elisabeth)

Place

Tynemouth

Map Sheet

NZ36NE

Class

Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad

Sailing Vessel <By Rig>

Site Type: Specific

Snow

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Wreckage

Description

ENGLISH SNOW, 1854 wrecked near Spanish Battery in force 6 winds.

Easting

437000

Northing

569000

Grid Reference

NZ437000569000

Sources

National Monuments Record (1363005); 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); Lloyd's 1964 Lloyd's register of British and foreign shipping 1853, No.334(E) & No.343(E); Lloyd's 1964 Lloyd's register of British and foreign shipping 1854, No.362(E) & No.369(E); Boswell Whitaker 1979 Preservation of life from shipwreck, volume 1 : Skuetender lifeboat Page(s)91-2; Boswell Whitaker 1980 Preservation of life from shipwreck, volume 2 : South Shields Volunteer Life Brigade Page(s)21