Sunderland, Magdelena

HER Number

14068

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Sunderland, Magdelena

Place

Sunderland

Map Sheet

NZ45NW

Class

Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad

Sailing Vessel <By Form/Type>

Site Type: Specific

Sloop

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Wreckage

Description

SWEDISH SLOOP, 1856. Whilst running for the safety of the harbour at Sunderland in wind conditions E force 8, her gaff broke, she became unmanageable, the tide carried the vessel back out to sea, and she washed behind the south pier to become a total wreck.

Easting

441000

Northing

558000

Grid Reference

NZ441000558000

Sources

National Monuments Record MONUMENT NUMBER: 1364734; 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