Sunderland, D

HER Number

15188

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Sunderland, D

Place

Sunderland

Map Sheet

NZ55NW

Class

Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad

Transport Vessel

Site Type: Specific

Barge

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Wreckage

Description

ENGLISH BARGE, 1892 Foundered and lost whilst under tow, on passage to the open sea to dump rubbish.

Easting

441000

Northing

558300

Grid Reference

NZ441000558300

Sources

National Monuments Record MONUMENT NUMBER: 1365451; 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