Tynemouth, Tynemouth Bar, Favorite (Favourite)

HER Number

14469

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Tynemouth, Tynemouth Bar, Favorite (Favourite)

Place

Tynemouth

Map Sheet

NZ36NE

Class

Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad

Transport Vessel

Site Type: Specific

Cargo Vessel

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Wreckage

Description

1827 wreck of English cargo vessel which stranded on Tynemouth Bar inside the North Pier, after springing a leak and being forced to return to Sunderland. Laden with coal, she was a wooden sailing vessel.

Easting

437000

Northing

569000

Grid Reference

NZ437000569000

Sources

National Monuments Record (1349341); 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 26-OCT-1827, No.6267; Newcastle Courant 27-OCT-1827, No.7881 Page(s)4; Durham County Advertiser 03-NOV-1827, No.687 Page(s)3