Sunderland, Blossom

HER Number

14060

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Sunderland, Blossom

Place

Sunderland

Map Sheet

NZ55NW

Class

Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad

Sailing Vessel <By Rig>

Site Type: Specific

Schooner

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Wreckage

Description

SCOTTISH SCHOONER, 1857. Having left Shields that day at 9am, in stormy conditions, the wind WSW force 5, developed a leak in heavy seas and went down immediately at 6pm.

Easting

452000

Northing

557000

Grid Reference

NZ452000557000

Sources

National Monuments Record MONUMENT NUMBER: 1313079; United Kingdom shipwreck index [pre publication typescript]; 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