Sunderland, Cordova

HER Number

13817

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Sunderland, Cordova

Place

Sunderland

Map Sheet

NZ55NW

Class

Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad

Sailing Vessel <By Rig>

Site Type: Specific

Barque

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Wreckage

Description

The barque had three masts, but was square- rigged on only fore and main masts. On 3 May 1893, the Cordova was on passage from Sunderland for Iquiqui, when she foundered and was lost, following a collision with the Newcastle upon Tyne steamship Knarwater.

Easting

453410

Northing

558320

Grid Reference

NZ453410558320

Sources

Young, R. (2000) Comprehensive guide to Shipwrecks of the North East Coast (The): Volume One (1740 – 1917), Tempus, Gloucestershire. p. 147; National Monuments Record MONUMENT NUMBER: 1365477; 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