Sunderland, Hendon, Niagra (Niagagra)

HER Number

14196

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Sunderland, Hendon, Niagra (Niagagra)

Place

Hendon

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

ENGLISH BARQUE, 1854. Drove ashore in Hendon Bay in wind conditions NE x N force 10 with rain, after parting from her anchors at night due to stress of weather.

Easting

441000

Northing

557000

Grid Reference

NZ441000557000

Sources

National Monuments Record MONUMENT NUMBER: 1364667; 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