Sunderland, Neptunis
Sunderland, Neptunis
HER Number
13991
District
Sunderland
Site Name
Sunderland, Neptunis
Place
Sunderland
Class
Maritime Craft
Site Type: Broad
Sailing Vessel <By Form/Type>
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
First World War 1914 to 1918
Form of Evidence
Wreckage
Description
Dutch sailing vessel was stopped by the German submarine UC-62, her crew forced to abandon ship, after which she was sunk by explosive scuttling charges in 1917.
Sailing vessel sunk by submarine 20 miles E.N.E. of Hartlepool. W Hartlepool for Christiana (Oslo) with coal. (3)
Year Built: 1916
Sailing vessel sunk by submarine 20 miles E.N.E. of Hartlepool. W Hartlepool for Christiana (Oslo) with coal. (3)
Year Built: 1916
Easting
452000
Northing
562000
Grid Reference
NZ452000562000
Sources
National Monuments Record (1002347), 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, Merchant shipping losses of Allied, neutral and central powers during and shortly after World War I p68