John Hearn's Shipyard

HER Number

1970

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

John Hearn's Shipyard

Place

North Shields

Map Sheet

NZ36NE

Class

Maritime

Site Type: Broad

Marine Construction Site

Site Type: Specific

Shipyard

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

A shipyardfor wooden vessels on the Tyne. John Hearn was carrying out repairs in 1779 and may also by this time have already been building: The 'Happy Returns' was built in 1781. Hearn built at least 23 ships between 1787 and 1806, but the total output was probably more than this. The yard headed the Tyne output of the vessels on the Newcastle Register in 1787. The 'Earl Percy' was his last vessel in 1806. 30 shipwrights were employed in 1804, 18 of which were apprentices.

Easting

436260

Northing

568500

Grid Reference

NZ436260568500

Sources

<< HER 1970 >> J.F. Clarke, 1997, Building Ships on the North East Coast (Part 1, c1640-1914), p 28