Black Middens, Janet Izat
Black Middens, Janet Izat
HER Number
14232
District
N Tyneside
Site Name
Black Middens, Janet Izat
Place
Tynemouth
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
Class
Maritime Craft
Site Type: Broad
Sailing Vessel <By Rig>
Site Type: Specific
Brig
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Form of Evidence
Wreckage
Description
1883 wreck of English brig which stranded on the Black Middens on her departure from South Shields for Newhaven with coal, in force 9 winds. Constructed of wood, she was a sailing vessel.
Built: 1828
Master: J Arlington
Crew: 8
Owner: T S Wraith, Gateshead (Larn 1997)
Built: 1828
Master: J Arlington
Crew: 8
Owner: T S Wraith, Gateshead (Larn 1997)
Easting
437000
Northing
568000
Grid Reference
NZ437000568000
Sources
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); Boswell Whitaker 1979 Preservation of life from shipwreck, volume 1 : Skuetender lifeboat Page(s)111; National Monuments Record (1365270)