Sunderland, Zes Gezusters (Sisters)

HER Number

14077

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Sunderland, Zes Gezusters (Sisters)

Place

Sunderland

Map Sheet

NZ45NW

Class

Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad

Sailing Vessel <By Rig>

Site Type: Specific

Barque

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Wreckage

Description

DUTCH BARQUE, 1857. Whilst running into harbour for shelter without a pilot, struck on the bar and drove behind the the rocks at 11.30am in wind conditions ESE force 9 and became a total loss.

Easting

440000

Northing

559000

Grid Reference

NZ440000559000

Sources

National Monuments Record MONUMENT NUMBER: 987260; 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]