Tynemouth Head, Nancy

HER Number

14463

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Tynemouth Head, Nancy

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

1829 wreck of English sloop which foundered off Tynemouth Castle following a collision en route to Perth. Laden with bones, she was a wooden sailing vessel. Master: Harvey

Easting

437000

Northing

569000

Grid Reference

NZ437000569000

Sources

National Monuments Record (1355899); Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 24-FEB-1829, No.6406; Durham County Advertiser 21-FEB-1829, No.755 Page(s)3