Sunderland, Hendon, Cretestem

HER Number

14197

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Sunderland, Hendon, Cretestem

Place

Hendon

Map Sheet

NZ45NW

Class

Maritime Craft

Site Type: Specific

Hulk

General Period

20TH CENTURY

Specific Period

Mid 20th Century 1933 to 1966

Form of Evidence

Wreckage

Description

BRITISH FERRO-CONCRETE HULK, 1943, sunk by German aircraft, during an air raid on the docks.

Easting

441000

Northing

557000

Grid Reference

NZ441000557000

Sources

National Monuments Record MONUMENT NUMBER: 1367404; http://www.mareud.mine.nu/Ferro-Concrete/amble_ferro.html [25-OCT-2002]; 1989 Lloyd's war losses: the Second World War 3 September-14 August 1945, Volumes I and II Page 678; 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