Sunderland, John and Elizabeth
Sunderland, John and Elizabeth
HER Number
14116
District
Sunderland
Site Name
Sunderland, John and Elizabeth
Place
Sunderland
Map Sheet
NZ45NW
Class
Maritime Craft
Site Type: Broad
Sailing Vessel <By Rig>
Site Type: Specific
Brig
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Form of Evidence
Wreckage
Description
1811 wreck of English brig which stranded behind the South Pier at Sunderland on attempting to return to Sunderland harbour. Bound from Sunderland to Rye with coal, she was a wooden sailing vessel.
Easting
441000
Northing
557000
Grid Reference
NZ441000557000
Sources
National Monuments Record MONUMENT NUMBER: 1342265; Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 05-NOV-1811, No.4612; 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; Newcastle Advertiser
02-NOV-1811, No.1203 Page 4; Newcastle Courant 02-NOV-1811, No.7047 Page 4
02-NOV-1811, No.1203 Page 4; Newcastle Courant 02-NOV-1811, No.7047 Page 4