Black Middens, Thomas
Black Middens, Thomas
HER Number
14227
District
N Tyneside
Site Name
Black Middens, Thomas
Place
Tynemouth
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
Class
Maritime Craft
Site Type: Broad
Sailing Vessel <By Form/Type>
Site Type: Specific
Sloop
General Period
UNCERTAIN
Specific Period
Uncertain
Form of Evidence
Wreckage
Description
1821 wreck of English sloop which stranded on the Black Middens on her arrival at Shields from Kingston-upon-Hull with goods and passengers; a wooden sailing vessel. Master: Thompson
Passengers: 3 The CHARLES was wrecked on the Black Middens on the same day (Newcastle Courant)
Passengers: 3 The CHARLES was wrecked on the Black Middens on the same day (Newcastle Courant)
Easting
437000
Northing
568000
Grid Reference
NZ437000568000
Sources
Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 11-DEC-1821, No.5652; Boswell Whitaker 1979 Preservation of life from shipwreck, volume 1 : Skuetender lifeboat Page(s)49'; Newcastle Courant 15-DEC-1821, No.7575 Page(s)4; Durham County Advertiser 15-DEC-1821, No.380 Page(s)3; National Monuments Record (1348867)