Sunderland, Voorwaarts
Sunderland, Voorwaarts
HER Number
13990
District
Sunderland
Site Name
Sunderland, Voorwaarts
Place
Sunderland
Map Sheet
NZ56SW
Class
Maritime Craft
Site Type: Broad
Sailing Vessel <By Rig>
Site Type: Specific
Schooner
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
First World War 1914 to 1918
Form of Evidence
Wreckage
Description
Dutch sailing vessel sunk in 1917 by submarine 20 miles E.N.E. of Hartlepool, W. Hartlepool for Christiana (Oslo) with coal.
Built: 1902
Builder: Gebr. Verstockt
Where Built: Martenshoek
Owner: L Van der Veen
Master: W Van der Veen
Built: 1902
Builder: Gebr. Verstockt
Where Built: Martenshoek
Owner: L Van der Veen
Master: W Van der Veen
Easting
452290
Northing
562950
Grid Reference
NZ452290562950
Sources
National Monuments Record (1002346), United Kingdom Shipwreck Index, Lloyd's war losses (1990): the First World War 1914-1918 p116, Larn, R & B, (1997) Shipwreck index of the British Isles, Volume 3. The east coast of England: Essex, Suffolk, Norfolk, Lincolnshire, Yorkshire, Co.Durham, Northumberland, Section 6, County Durham