Sunderland, Falcon

HER Number

14158

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Sunderland, Falcon

Place

Sunderland

Map Sheet

NZ45NW

Class

Maritime Craft

Site Type: Specific

Tug

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Wreckage

Description

ENGLISH TUG, 1859. Vessel stranded on the rocks and immediately sunk in wind conditions.

Easting

441000

Northing

558000

Grid Reference

NZ441000558000

Sources

National Monuments Record MONUMENT NUMBER: 1364783; 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