Sunderland, Thomas And

HER Number

16035

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Sunderland, Thomas And

Place

Sunderland

Map Sheet

NZ45NW

Class

Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad

Sailing Vessel <By Form/Type>

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Wreckage

Description

1799 wreck of an English craft which stranded south of Sunderland during a storm; a wooden sailing vessel.

Easting

441130

Northing

558190

Grid Reference

NZ441130558190

Sources

National Monuments Record MONUMENT NUMBER:1375451; Dick Keys and Ken Smith 1998 Black Diamonds by Sea: North-East Sailing Colliers 1780-1880 Page(s)18; Newcastle Courant 13-APR-1799, No.6392 Page(s)4; Newcastle Courant 20-APR-1799, No.6393 Page(s)4