Sunderland, St Albans (Albany)

HER Number

16060

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Sunderland, St Albans (Albany)

Place

Sunderland

Map Sheet

NZ45NW

Class

Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad

Sailing Vessel <By Form/Type>

Site Type: Specific

Sloop

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Wreckage

Description

1830 wreck of British sloop which stranded just outside Sunderland harbour after being driven out during a gale with a high flood tide; a wooden sailing vessel.

Easting

441130

Northing

558190

Grid Reference

NZ441130558190

Sources

National Monuments Record MONUMENT NUMBER: 1356867; Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 14-MAY-1830, No.6533; Durham County Advertiser 15-MAY-1830, No.819 Page(s)3; Durham County Advertiser 22-MAY-1830, No.820 Page(s)3