Tynemouth, Peggy

HER Number

14631

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Tynemouth, Peggy

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

1816 wreck of English cargo vessel which stranded under Tynemouth Castle on her arrival from London with goods; a wooden sailing vessel. Master: Brydon

Easting

437000

Northing

568900

Grid Reference

NZ437000568900

Sources

National Monuments Record (971565); Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 10-DEC-1816, No.5133; Parliamentary papers 1836, Select Committee on Shipwreck, Appendix 7 17 Page(s)283; Durham County Advertiser 14-DEC-1816, No.119 Page(s)3; Durham County Advertiser; 21-DEC-1816, No.120 Page(s)3; Newcastle Courant 14-DEC-1816, No.7314 Page(s)4