Ryhope, Pincushion Rocks, Gitana

HER Number

12918

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Ryhope, Pincushion Rocks, Gitana

Place

Ryhope

Map Sheet

NZ45SW

Class

Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad

Sailing Vessel <By Rig>

Site Type: Specific

Brig

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Wreckage

Description

Gitana was a brig, of Methel, which ran aground on March 2nd 1874. Ashore in dense fog on rocks about 2.5 miles north of Seaham Harbour. 10 crew saved. The nationality of this vessel has been expressed as both German and Lithuanian, since the Prussian port of Memel is Klaipeda in modern Lithuania.

Easting

441710

Northing

553190

Grid Reference

NZ441710553190

Sources

Peter Collings, 1991, The New Divers Guide to the North-East Coast, page 15; J Morris 1988 Seaham lifeboats, 1856-1979