Sunderland, George and Ann

HER Number

16069

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Sunderland, George and Ann

Place

Sunderland

Map Sheet

NZ45NW

Class

Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad

Transport Vessel

Site Type: Specific

Tug

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Wreckage

Description

1841 wreck of English tug which stranded on Sunderland Beach after being driven out of the harbour by ice carried down the river. Constructed of wood, she was a steam-driven vessel.

Easting

441130

Northing

558190

Grid Reference

NZ441130558190

Sources

National Monuments Record MONUMENT NUMBER: 1362123; 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; Parliamentary papers 1843, Select Committee on Shipwreck, 1841, Appendix 3 9 Page(s)16 (482;) M A Richardson 1846 Local Historian's Table-Book of Remarkable Occurrences, Historical Facts....&c. connected with the Counties of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland and Durham Accessed via < http://www.dmm.org.uk/localrec/lr-1841.htm#lhtb > on 07-APR-2009; Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list
21-JAN-1841, No.8384, columns 7-8 Page(s)2