Sunderland, Povena

HER Number

13808

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Sunderland, Povena

Place

Sunderland

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

Steamship Povena registered at the port of Bilbao, built at West Hartlepool, in May 1898. On the afternoon of 3 June 1899, the Povena was on passage from Bilbao for the Tyne when she struck the Whitestones Reef, one and a half miles south of the River Wear at Sunderland. She was refloated on the following tide and steamed on to the Tyne, but foundered and was lost soon after, possibly 5 June.

Easting

444200

Northing

556510

Grid Reference

NZ444200556510

Sources

Young, R. (2000) Comprehensive guide to Shipwrecks of the North East Coast (The): Volume One (1740 – 1917), Tempus, Gloucestershire. p. 131