Sunderland, Mary Ann

HER Number

14076

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Sunderland, Mary Ann

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, 1854 This brig was lost behind the north pier due to stress of weather, the wind being SE force 10. Her crew were saved by the rocket apparatus.

Easting

440000

Northing

559000

Grid Reference

NZ440000559000

Sources

National Monuments Record MONUMENT NUMBER: 1363033; 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