Sunderland, Happy Return

HER Number

15179

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Sunderland, Happy Return

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

1789 wreck of English craft which bilged and stranded following a collision with the North Pier on her arrival at Sunderland; a wooden sailing vessel.

Easting

441000

Northing

558300

Grid Reference

NZ441000558300

Sources

National Monuments Record MONUMENT NUMBER: 1390244; Newcastle Courant, 10-OCT-1789, No.5896 Page 4; Newcastle Chronicle, 10-OCT-1789, No.1319 Page 2