Sunderland, Free Briton

HER Number

15192

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Sunderland, Free Briton

Place

Sunderland

Map Sheet

NZ55NW

Class

Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad

Sailing Vessel <By Form/Type>

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Wreckage

Description

1797 wreck of English craft which foundered off Sunderland, following a collision with the RABY; a wooden sailing vessel.

Easting

441000

Northing

558300

Grid Reference

NZ441000558300

Sources

National Monuments Record MONUMENT NUMBER: 1393311; Newcastle Courant 16-SEP-1797, No.6310 Page 4