Black Middens, Victory

HER Number

14231

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Black Middens, Victory

Place

Tynemouth

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

The English craft Victory wrecked on the Black Middens on her maiden voyage in October 1831. Owner: Dowell, Sunderland

Easting

437000

Northing

568000

Grid Reference

NZ437000568000

Sources

Boswell Whitaker 1979 Preservation of life from shipwreck, volume 1 : Skuetender lifeboat page(s)59; National Monuments Record (1356982)