Sunderland, Zeeland

HER Number

13811

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Sunderland, Zeeland

Place

Sunderland

Map Sheet

NZ55NW

Class

Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad

Transport Vessel

Site Type: Specific

Cargo Vessel

General Period

20TH CENTURY

Specific Period

Edwardian 1902 to 1910

Form of Evidence

Wreckage

Description

Wreck of the Dutch steamship built in 1907 in Rotterdam. On 1 August 1916, the Zeeland was on passage from Methil for Rouen, when she was stopped by the German Submarine UB39. Her crew was forced to abandon the vessel which was then sunk by gun-fire, seven miles east of Sunderland.

Easting

452800

Northing

557400

Grid Reference

NZ452800557400

Sources

Young, R. (2000) Comprehensive guide to Shipwrecks of the North East Coast (The): Volume One (1740 – 1917), Tempus, Gloucestershire. p. 139, Ian T. Spokes Wreck Database, Inga Project, National Monuments Record; National Monuments Record MONUMENT NUMBER: 1002332; United Kingdom shipwreck index [pre publication typescript]; 1990 Lloyd's war losses, The First World War: Casualties to shipping through enemy causes 1914-1918, Page 50; 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