Sunderland, Arendal

HER Number

15209

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Sunderland, Arendal

Place

Sunderland

Map Sheet

NZ45NW

Class

Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad

Sailing Vessel <By Rig>

Site Type: Specific

Brig

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Wreckage

Description

1906 wreck of Norwegian brig which stranded at Roker New Pier on her arrival at Sunderland from Tonsberg loaded with timber pit props. Constructed of timber in 1855. 275 tons. Master: H Hansen. Crew: 8. Owner: B Jacobsen of Arendal

Easting

441130

Northing

558190

Grid Reference

NZ441130558190

Sources

National Monuments Record MONUMENT NUMBER: 1001937; United Kingdom shipwreck index [pre publication typescript]; 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, Section 6, County Durham;
http://www.skipet.no/1906.pdf