North Shields, Spring

HER Number

14569

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

North Shields, Spring

Place

North Shields

Map Sheet

NZ36NE

Class

Maritime Craft

Site Type: Specific

Craft

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Wreckage

Description

23rd August 1829: The SPRING, took the Bar soon after low water, but was floated, towed into the harbour to the ground where she sunk. Master: Witchinson

Easting

436000

Northing

568000

Grid Reference

NZ436000568000

Sources

National Monuments Record (1356109); Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 21-AUG-1829, No. 6457