Sunderland, Poultons

HER Number

14067

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Sunderland, Poultons

Place

Sunderland

Map Sheet

NZ45NW

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

ENGLISH SCHOONER, 1858. Due to thick weather, wind conditions E force 10, snow and squally, this vessel drove ashore at 5.30am on high water, her crew being prevented from seeing the leading lights, causing her to become a total wreck.

Easting

441000

Northing

558000

Grid Reference

NZ441000558000

Sources

National Monuments Record MONUMENT NUMBER: 996677; 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; United Kingdom shipwreck index [pre publication typescript]