Sunderland, Eident

HER Number

12928

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

Sunderland, Eident

Place

Sunderland

Map Sheet

NZ45NW

Class

Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad

Transport Vessel

Site Type: Specific

Cargo Vessel

General Period

20TH CENTURY

Specific Period

Early 20th Century 1901 to 1932

Form of Evidence

Wreckage

Description

A British cargo steamship of 1520 tons. She sank off Sunderland on 24th October 1902 enroute from London to Blyth. In ballast (Collings). The Spokes and NMR database provide two explanations for the sinking – a collision and foundered. Two sizes are also provided (perhaps feet and metres?) 260 x 34 x 18 and 79.37m x 10.36m x 5.66m. The Eident sunk 24th October 1902. Spokes gives location as 54 51N; 01 09W (insufficient information to convert to grid ref).

Easting

442000

Northing

557000

Grid Reference

NZ442000557000

Sources

Peter Collings, 1991, The New Divers Guide to the North-East Coast, page 18; Ian T. Spokes Wreck Database, Inga Project, National Monument Record