1818 wreck of Dutch galliot which foundered off Hendon after a collision, having just left Sunderland. Bound for Delfziel and Groningen with coal, she was a wooden sailing vessel. `The Dutch vessel VROW ANNEGINA, Postema, master, loaden with coals, etc., sailed from Sunderland on Sunday evening, on her intended voyage to Delfziel; she had not been long out of the harbour before she was met by the NESTOR, Atcheson master, when, owing to some mismanagement, the vessels came in contact, and the Dutch vessel sustained so much damage, that she immediately went down. Crew saved. The top of her masts may be seen at low water off Hendon' {Durham County Advertiser}.

1818 wreck of English smack which foundered off Hendon following a collision with the wreck of the VROW ANNEGINA; a wooden sailing vessel. `On Tuesday morning...Same day, a small fishing vessel, belonging to Sunderland, sunk off Hendon, by getting on the mast of the Dutch vessel which was lost there about three weeks ago' {The British Gazette and Berwick Advertiser}. Owner: Thomas Dykes of Sunderland.

1753 wreck of English brig which stranded near the North Battery, Sunderland, after a collision on entering Sunderland harbour; a wooden sailing vessel. `Newcastle, Feb. 24. Last Saturday, as the BRIGANTINE, Slightman, of Scarborough, was making her way into Sunderland harbour with the morning tide, she was run down near the pier by the THREE SISTERS, Niesham. There were two masters of ships on board, who, together with the crew (after a narrow escape with their lives) were taken up by Mr Neisham's [sic] ship. The brig floated again, and was drove on shore on the north side of the North Battery that tide, where she lay on a good sand, but a great sea happening on Monday night, she was drove to pieces on Tuesday morning' {Newcastle Courant}. Master: Slightman

ENGLISH SCHOONER, 1852. This schooner was run into by a foreign schooner at 2pm in wind conditins E force 9 and stormy, whilst entering Sunderland Harbour. She was forced to turn round, and then drove on the North Sand and sank, her bottom having been pricked by an old anchor. Several of her stanchions were broken, and some of her shrouds were carried away, so that she was much strained and became a total loss. The colliding vessel was the PHILOMEL, which lost only her jib-boom {Larn}. Master: Robert Suffling Owner: William Brown

1796 wreck of English cargo vessel which foundered after grounding on the North Rock, Sunderland, on her departure with coal; a wooden sailing vessel. The crew were saved. Master: Appleby

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. `Newcastle, October 10, 1789...Thursday se'nnight the HAPPY RETURN, belonging to Sunderland, in coming into that harbour, the wind being high, and a very heavy sea on, struck upon the new stone work of the North Pier, by which she was bulged, and instantly sunk. The crew saved themselves in the rigging, till taken up by the cobles; the ship is since gone to pieces' {Newcastle Courant}.

GERMAN BARQUE, 1858. Struck on Sunderland Bar due to insufficient depth of water in wind conditions SSE force 8 and cloudy. After striking the Bar, her tow rope to a tug parted, and she drove on the rocks. Loss of vessel considered to be due to pilot error at the inquiry. Built 1854.

Ketch stranded and lost in wind conditions ESE force 10.

Built: 1794
Master: C Cox
Crew: 4
Owner: W Kent, Portsea

Having left Boston three days earlier, this sloop became unmanageable in the breakers in wind conditions SE force 9 with heavy rain, so that she went ashore and became a total loss in 1860.
Built: 1840
Crew: 3

November 1764 wreck of English cargo vessel which stranded north of Sunderland on her arrival from the Netherlands in ballast; a wooden sailing vessel. Master: W Rankin, crew saved.