Dortwick Sands, Cumberland

HER Number

14568

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Dortwick Sands, Cumberland

Place

North Shields

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

1824 wreck of English brig which caught fire and was beached on the Dortwick Sands at North Shields, while awaiting her departure from Shields for London. Laden with whalebone ivory, lead and charcoal, (the last blamed for the fire), she was a wooden sailing vessel, and was recovered and sold at Straker and Barras's Dock, South Shields, presumably to be broken up. Master: Straughan

Easting

436000

Northing

568000

Grid Reference

NZ436000568000

Sources

National Monuments Record (971641); Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 30-JUL-1824, No.5929; Newcastle Courant 31-JUL-1824, No.7712 Page(s)4; Newcastle Courant 28-AUG-1824, No.7716 Page(s)1