Sunderland, Bee
Sunderland, Bee
HER Number
16082
District
Sunderland
Site Name
Sunderland, Bee
Place
Sunderland
Map Sheet
NZ45NW
Class
Maritime Craft
Site Type: Broad
Sailing Vessel <By Form/Type>
Site Type: Specific
Sloop
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Form of Evidence
Wreckage
Description
1829 wreck of English sloop which grounded on the bar and subsequently stranded after colliding with the pier at Sunderland during a gale. Having been driven back to her original departure port of Sunderland, bound for Blyth with limestone, she was a wooden sailing vessel.
Easting
441130
Northing
558190
Grid Reference
NZ441130558190
Sources
National Monuments Record MONUMENT NUMBER: 1355950; Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 01-MAY-1829, No.6425; Durham County Advertiser 02-MAY-2004 No.766 Page(s)3; Newcastle Chronicle 02-MAY-2004 [via Ian Spokes]