Earl of Elgin

HER Number

14064

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Earl of Elgin

Place

Sunderland

Map Sheet

NZ35NE

Class

Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad

Sailing Vessel <By Form/Type>

Site Type: Specific

Sloop

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Wreckage

Description

1806 wreck of English sloop which was burnt in the River Wear "above the bridge" after taking in her cargo of lime, which caught fire; a wooden sailing vessel.

Easting

439000

Northing

557340

Grid Reference

NZ439000557340

Sources

National Monuments Record MONUMENT NUMBER: 1397684; Tyne Mercury 12-AUG-1806, No.220 Page 3