Black Middens, Singleton

HER Number

14223

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Black Middens, Singleton

Place

Tynemouth

Map Sheet

NZ36NE

Class

Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad

Sailing Vessel <By Form/Type>

Site Type: Specific

Sloop

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Wreckage

Description

October 1783 wreck of British sloop which stranded on the Black Middens while entering South Shields; a wooden sailing vessel. Crew saved. Master: Smith

Easting

437000

Northing

568000

Grid Reference

NZ437000568000

Sources

Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 14-OCT-1783, No.1507; Richard and Bridget Larn 1997 Shipwreck index of the British Isles, volume 3. The east coast of England : Essex, Suffolk, Norfolk, Lincolnshire, Yorkshire, County Durham, Northumberland Section 6, County Durham (CF); Newcastle Courant 11-OCT-1783, No.5583 Page(s)4; National Monuments Record (971436)