Sunderland, Hopper No. 1

HER Number

14051

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Sunderland, Hopper No. 1

Place

Sunderland

Map Sheet

NZ55NW

Class

Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad

Transport Vessel

Site Type: Specific

Barge

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Wreckage

Description

This wooden hopper barge foundered in 1896 whilst on her way to sea under tow to dump household rubbish, in wind conditions SE force 2.

Easting

453000

Northing

558000

Grid Reference

NZ453000558000

Sources

National Monuments Record MONUMENT NUMBER: 1365627; 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