Tynemouth Head, Peace

HER Number

14562

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Tynemouth Head, Peace

Place

Tynemouth

Map Sheet

NZ36NE

Class

Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad

Sailing Vessel <By Rig>

Site Type: Specific

Brigantine

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Wreckage

Description

1818 wreck of English brig which stranded on the Spanish Battery Rocks during a gale, on her arrival at Shields from London; a wooden sailing vessel.

Easting

437000

Northing

569000

Grid Reference

NZ437000569000

Sources

National Monuments Record (973407);Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 10-MAR-1818, No.5261; Newcastle Courant 07-MAR-1818, No.7378 Page(s)4; Newcastle Courant 14-MAR-1818, No.7379 Page(s)4; Newcastle Courant 28-MAR-1818, No.7381 Page(s)4