Sunderland, Fountain

HER Number

14251

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Sunderland, Fountain

Place

Sunderland

Map Sheet

NZ45NW

Class

Maritime Craft

Site Type: Specific

Wreck

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Wreckage

Description

In 1806 the Fountain, of Sunderland, ran aground near her home port. All the crew were lost.

Easting

442000

Northing

557000

Grid Reference

NZ442000557000

Sources

Dick Keys and Ken Smith, 1998, Black Diamonds by Sea - North-East Sailing Colliers 1780-1880, p 25; National Monuments Record MONUMENT NUMBER: 1343910; Lloyds List 1969, 31-JAN-1815, No.4943 and 03-FEB-1815, No.4944; 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; Newcastle Courant, 04-FEB-1815, No.7217 Page(s)4; Durham County Advertiser 04-FEB-1815, No.22 Page(s)3