Sunderland, Happy Return

HER Number

14313

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Sunderland, Happy Return

Place

Sunderland

Map Sheet

NZ45NW

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

1752 wreck of cargo vessel which stranded near Sunderland during a gale, while on her passage from Whitby. Constructed of wood, she was a sailing vessel.

Easting

441000

Northing

558000

Grid Reference

NZ441000558000

Sources

National Monuments Record MONUMENT NUMBER: 971392; Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 24-JAN-1752, No.1688; The Bristol Weekly Intelligencer 25-JAN-1752, No.122 Page 3