Sunderland, Two Sisters
Sunderland, Two Sisters
HER Number
14089
District
Sunderland
Site Name
Sunderland, Two Sisters
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
1818 wreck of English craft which stranded behind the North Pier on attempting to enter Sunderland harbour; a wooden sailing vessel.
Easting
440000
Northing
558000
Grid Reference
NZ440000558000
Sources
National Monuments Record MONUMENT NUMBER: 1345632; Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 10-MAR-1818, No.5261; 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
1836, Select Committee on Shipwreck, 1818, Appendix 7 17 Pages 292 and 672; Durham County Advertiser 07-MAR-1818, No.183 Page 3; Newcastle Courant 07-MAR-1818, No.7378 Page 4
1836, Select Committee on Shipwreck, 1818, Appendix 7 17 Pages 292 and 672; Durham County Advertiser 07-MAR-1818, No.183 Page 3; Newcastle Courant 07-MAR-1818, No.7378 Page 4