Ryhope, Unity

HER Number

14300

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Ryhope, Unity

Place

Ryhope

Map Sheet

NZ45SW

Class

Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad

Transport Vessel

Site Type: Specific

Cargo Vessel

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Wreckage

Description

1819 wreck of English cargo vessel which stranded near Ryhope en route from Sunderland to London with coal; a wooden sailing vessel.

Easting

441000

Northing

553000

Grid Reference

NZ441000553000

Sources

National Monuments Record MONUMENT NUMBER: 1404114; Durham County Advertiser 16-OCT-1819, No.267 Page 3; Newcastle Courant 16-OCT-1819, No.7462 Page 4