Sunderland, Pinta

HER Number

14058

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Sunderland, Pinta

Place

Sunderland

Map Sheet

NZ55NW

Class

Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad

Sailing Vessel <By Rig>

Site Type: Specific

Brig

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Wreckage

Description

ENGLISH BRIG, 1896 Vessel foundered and lost following collision in wind conditions SW force 5 with the West Hartlepool-registered SS PICTON.

Easting

451000

Northing

557000

Grid Reference

NZ451000557000

Sources

National Monuments Record MONUMENT NUMBER: 1365619; 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