Ship wreck near to Bamburgh

[shyleir]

Does anyone know the name or the story of the ship wreck ?
Small video clip here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUNacs_73vQ&feature=youtu.be
Many thanks for your help
Shirley

[shyleir]

Hmmmmmm I'm thinking this is a tough one. Any ideas where to look for the info?
Shirley

[pityackafromblyth]

According to Wikipedia, on the 16th December, 1802, a ship called 'Nancy' was driven ashore and wrecked near Bamburgh Castle.  That might be the one.
One other site to try is www.wrecksite.eu    ,which you can join for free. I have used that site, and managed to find details re a vessel which was lost almost 100 years ago. If you visit wrecksite you will see a map of the British Isles with ALL known wrecks shown around the coastline.

[shyleir]

Thank you very much pityackafromblyth I'll pass that on
Shirley

[Tickettyboo]

The Northumberland coast, though beautiful, can be treacherous -  especially way back when.

Bamburgh Parish Burial Register has numerous 'unidentified' bodies who were washed up on shore. I don't suppose all of them were from total shipwrecks but the following selection of entries may give you some idea of the extent of the tragedies. Other coastal parishes will have similar sad tales to tell.
I have no idea if any of the ships mentioned could be the one in the photo, maybe even if they sank offshore, its possible (?, I don't know enough about it to say) that the tides brought the body of the wreck ashore as it did the bodies of the crew


Master, Mate and 6 of the ship's company of the "Betty Fanny' March 1763

9 mariners and Master of the ship "Nicholas' of Sunderland Oct 1763

Bodies of 9 sailors of the Peggy of Leith which was lost, as is supposed, on the Fern Islands Dec 1774

Captain of the "Success" lost on the Fern Islands Dec 1774

Bodies of 4 sailors found at [North] Sunderland Feb 1823

Body of a sailor found at Fern Islands 13 Apr 1823

Body of a sailor found on Bamburgh Sands Jan 1825
Body of a sailor found at Cremston Rock Apr 1825

Bodies of a female found at Shoreston Sands, female child on the [North] Sunderland Shore, a sailor at Seahouses and Captain of the vessel Robert & Janet from Stornaway, Scotland on Shoreston Sands Oct 1825

Bodies of 4 unidentified sailors supposed from  the ship Alfred of Great Yarmouth which was wrecked near Beadnel in a storm 1st Feb 1831

Bodies of 2 unidentified sailors cast on shore at Beadnell though to belong to the ship "Hunter" of Arbroath, shipwrecked near Holy Island on the night of Jan 19th 1835

As well as those there are numerous entries of bodies washed ashore /found on the shore where no details were available other than it was a person who had been found and given burial.

Boo

[shyleir]

Thank you Tickettyboo lots of info there.
The Fern Islands made me smile, was that the Northumbrian accent?
Wonder if many people would still cross the causeway when the tide is coming in if all these names were listed beside the tide tables !!!!

[Tickettyboo]

The Fern Islands made me smile, was that the Northumbrian accent?

Spelling was an optional art way back then :-) Not many had the opportunity to learn to read/write so just as names were written down as the writer heard/interpreted them, so were place names. I have lost count of the number of variations I have seen of 'Bamburgh'.

I find it quite touching that they tried their best to identify the unknown bodies washed up on the shore, even if they couldn't put a name to them at the time, the registers often record information that may help if someone made enquiries at a later date e.g.

"The body of a sailor 20 to 30 years old drowned near Beadnell in a storm Feb 1st supposed from  the ship Alfred of Great Yarmouth which was wrecked near Beadnel A watch was found in his pocket makers name Mackie of London No 1235"

"The body of a sailor found at Fern Islands, with the letters T. U. marked on his shirt"

Boo

[Westoe]

Hello Shirley,

PastScape has 59 hits for Bamburgh +wreck.

www.pastscape.org.uk

Cheers,
Westoe

[shyleir]

Better get Time Team in to carbon date it