Sunderland, Alert

HER Number

15226

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Sunderland, Alert

Place

Sunderland

Map Sheet

NZ45NW

Class

Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad

Sailing Vessel <By Rig>

Site Type: Specific

Schooner

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Wreckage

Description

ENGLISH SCHOONER, 1852, wrecked at South Dock entrance. "This vessel anchored at 4.30am at half-tide after missing stays, wind conditions ENE veering to N x W, force 7-8, squally with rain. She then proceeded to drag and eventually drove ashore near the south entrance of the docks and became a total wreck. The crew were got on shore by means of ropes, and part of her materials were saved. Her loss was attributed to `a sudden shift of wind" {Larn 1997}. Built: 1792
Master: William Helyer
Crew: 6
Owner: William Swaine, Bridport

Easting

441130

Northing

558190

Grid Reference

NZ441130558190

Sources

National Monuments Record MONUMENT NUMBER: 1362422; 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