Hendon, Whitestones Reef, General Havelock

HER Number

13806

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Hendon, Whitestones Reef, General Havelock

Place

Hendon

Map Sheet

NZ45NW

Class

Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad

Transport Vessel

Site Type: Specific

Cargo Vessel

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Wreckage

Description

British steamship, built in 1868 as a passenger and general cargo vessel. On 27 September 1894, the General Havelock was on her return voyage from London to Sunderland, with thirty passengers and a crew of twenty-one, when she foundered after striking the offshore rocks at Hendon in Sunderland.

Easting

443440

Northing

555660

Grid Reference

NZ443440555660

Sources

Young, R. (2000) Comprehensive guide to Shipwrecks of the North East Coast (The): Volume One (1740 – 1917), Tempus, Gloucestershire. p. 121; National Monuments Record MONUMENT NUMBER: 1452055; 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); Receiver of Wreck Droit 2006