Sunderland, Walpole

HER Number

14048

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Sunderland, Walpole

Place

Sunderland

Map Sheet

NZ45NW

Class

Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad

Sailing Vessel <By Rig>

Site Type: Specific

Brig

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Wreckage

Description

1824 wreck of English brig which stranded a mile south of Sunderland during a gale, while on her passage in ballast; a wooden sailing vessel.

Easting

441000

Northing

556000

Grid Reference

NZ441000556000

Sources

National Monuments Record MONUMENT NUMBER: 971638; Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 06-APR-1824, No.5896; Newcastle Courant 10-APR-1824, No.7696 Page 4