Sunderland, Perseverance

HER Number

16044

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Sunderland, Perseverance

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

1827 wreck of English schooner which stranded against the South Pier Head on attempting to enter Sunderland harbour. En route from Gainsborough to Newcastle-upon-Tyne with iron, she was a wooden sailing vessel.

Easting

441130

Northing

558190

Grid Reference

NZ441130558190

Sources

National Monuments Record MONUMENT NUMBER:1312912; Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 19-JAN-1827, No.6187; 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; Durham County Advertiser 27-JAN-1827, No.647 Page(s)3