Sunderland, George and Henry
Sunderland, George and Henry
HER Number
14165
District
Sunderland
Site Name
Sunderland, George and Henry
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
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Form of Evidence
Wreckage
Description
1829 wreck of English schooner which stranded in the harbour mouth at Sunderland, during a gale which caused her to spring a leak and her cargo to catch fire, forcing her to return to Sunderland. Originally bound from from Sunderland to Scotland with lime, she was a wooden sailing vessel.
Easting
441000
Northing
558000
Grid Reference
NZ441000558000
Sources
National Monuments Record MONUMENT NUMBER: 1355941; Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 01-MAY-1829, No. 6425; Newcastle Chronicle 02-MAY-1829 [via Ian Spokes]