Tynemouth, Hawk

HER Number

14442

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Tynemouth, Hawk

Place

Tynemouth

Map Sheet

NZ46NE

Class

Maritime Craft

Site Type: Specific

Paddle Steamer

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Wreckage

Description

1827 wreck of English paddle steamer which was believed to have foundered off Tynemouth after breaking from her moorings at Shields. An alternative, and conflicting, version indicates that she may have been recovered off the Farne Islands. She would have been constructed of wood.

Easting

447000

Northing

569000

Grid Reference

NZ447000569000

Sources

National Monuments Record (1356813); 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); Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 14-DEC-1827, No.6281; Durham County Advertiser 15-DEC-1827, No.693 Page(s)3; Newcastle Courant 15-DEC-1827, No.7888 Page(s)4