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Seaton Carew Shipwreck On the morning of Wednesday 4th August 1996, the wreck of an old wooden ship was reported at the southern end of the village of Seaton Carew, near Hartlepool on the north-east coast of England. Significant sand loss, brought about as the result of a recent storm, had revealed the tops of a number of frames, or ‘ribs’, of a vessel lying approximately half way between the High and Low water marks, with the bow facing shoreward and the stern pointing towards the sea. A rapid survey, carried out in the relatively short period of time either side of low water, showed the vessel to be some 25 metres long and 7 metres wide, and that the surviving structure was substantially intact. It seemed likely from further recording work carried out on the site over the next few weeks, that the wreck was that of wooden coastal trading vessel, probably of a type referred to as a ‘collier brig’, dating to the late 18th or early 19th century. As the most substantially intact wooden shipwreck yet discovered on the North-East coast of England., the vessel was given an Historic Wreck Designation in August 1996 and is one of only two such designated vessels between The Wash and the Orkneys. As Licensees of the site, Tees Archaeology continues to regularly monitor the wreck. |
Map Map Reference NZ 530 290.
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