Whitburn, Whitburn Steel, Hopemandale

HER Number

15143

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

Whitburn, Whitburn Steel, Hopemandale

Place

Whitburn

Map Sheet

NZ46SW

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

1760 wreck of Norwegian cargo vessel which stranded at Whitburn Steel in attempting Shields Harbour on arriving at Sunderland Roads from Norway with rape seed; a wooden sailing vessel.

Easting

441000

Northing

560000

Grid Reference

NZ441000560000

Sources

National Monuments Record (1385559); Newcastle Courant 17-MAY-1760, No.4364 Page(s)2