Sunderland, Essex

HER Number

14070

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Sunderland, Essex

Place

Sunderland

Map Sheet

NZ45NW

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, 1856 Having set off at 3pm that day in clear fine conditions with wind strong at SSE force 6, her tug was unable to tow for want of power, the vessel was struck by a heavy sea, thrown against the pier at 4pm and became a total wreck. Built: 1837

Easting

441000

Northing

558000

Grid Reference

NZ441000558000

Sources

National Monuments Record MONUMENT NUMBER: 987197; 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]