Sunderland, Hopper No. 4

HER Number

14202

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Sunderland, Hopper No. 4

Place

Sunderland

Map Sheet

NZ45NW

Class

Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad

Service Vessel

Site Type: Specific

Lighter

General Period

20TH CENTURY

Specific Period

Early 20th Century 1901 to 1932

Form of Evidence

Wreckage

Description

ENGLISH LIGHTER, 1903. Vessel foundered and lost whilst under tow to sea for the spoil ground, dumping rubbish, in wind conditions S force 2.

Easting

441000

Northing

558000

Grid Reference

NZ441000558000

Sources

National Monuments Record MONUMENT NUMBER: 1001922; United Kingdom shipwreck index [pre publication typescript]; 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