Sunderland, Eliza

HER Number

14111

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Sunderland, Eliza

Place

Sunderland

Map Sheet

NZ45NW

Class

Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad

Transport Vessel

Site Type: Specific

Cargo Vessel

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Wreckage

Description

1807 wreck of Welsh cargo vessel which stranded behind the South Pier at Sunderland on her arrival from Klaipeda and Gothenburg with rape seed; a wooden sailing vessel.

Easting

441000

Northing

557000

Grid Reference

NZ441000557000

Sources

National Monuments Record MONUMENT NUMBER: 1398395; Newcastle Courant 14-NOV-1807, No.6840 Page 4; Newcastle Advertiser 14-NOV-1807, No.996 Page 4; Newcastle Courant 21-NOV-1807, No.6841 Page 1