2 March 1897 wreck of Scottish collier which stranded on the South Beacon Rocks while attempting to enter Sunderland harbour in a gale, having left Montrose the previous day. Constructed of iron in 1878, she was a steam-driven vessel. Dimensions given as 139ft x 21ft x 10ft 9in (42.5m x 6.4m). Her owners from 1889 being Messrs Muir, Son, and Patton of Dundee, coal merchants. Previous to her purchase by Dundee owners, she belonged to Swansea, and was employed in the French fruit trade. Builder: Murdoch & Murray Built: Port Glasgow Propulsion: Compound engine Machinery: Muir & Houston, Glasgow Master: Joiner Crew: 11
'During the strong southerly gale on Tuesday night at eleven o'clock the steamer JACINTH came ashore on the South Beacon Rocks near the south outlet to Sunderland Docks. Before examination could be made as to the damage sustained the vessel began to settle down. Captain Joiner immediately began to burn torches from the masthead, and these brought the Volunteer Life Brigade upon the scene with rocket apparatus . . . Repeated attempts were made to obtain communication with the vessel, but without success. The sea was beginning to wash over the latter part of the vessel, and it was impossible to get at the fore part, where the crew were grouped. Loud cries were raised to man the lifeboat, and soon the lifeboat was put off, amid cheers, and gaining the side of the JACINTH, took off the captain and men. It was then just on midnight. The men have lost almost all their effects. The vessel was badly holed, and after the crew had been rescued she drifted waterlogged for a while, and then sank in shallow water. She is now a total wreck, having broken up, and almost disappeared. Captain Joiner, on being interviewed, said they left Montrose for the Wear on Monday morning, and encountered heavy seas and gales all the way. The vessel was driven on to the rocks by stress of weather. While attempting to make the port she became helpless immediately a hole had been made in her side, and water poured in, extinguishing the fires . . .The JACINTH was a Dundee-owned vessel, her owners being Messrs Muir, Son, and Patton, coal merchants. Along with Captain Joiner, who belonged to Aberdeen, there were 11 others of the crew {Dundee Courier and Argus}.

ENGLISH CARGO VESSEL, wrecked at South Battery Rocks in 1755. Master: Atkinson

Raymond Selkirk records that in 1940 when Anderson shelters were being sunk into the gardens of St. Aidan's Avenue and Askrigg Avenue, evidence of a Roman road was found (finder unknown) in the gardens of No. 17 St. Aidan's Avenue and No. 26 Askrigg Avenue. The site lies close to the 'Chester Stones' shown on the Tithe Map. There are no photographic or drawn records of this road and no record of its construction, it's width nor it's depth below present ground surface. Local tradition says the same road was found at Langholm Towers, but again there is no record of this find. The site is recorded on the HER so the projected line of this supposed road can be investigated in the event of development along it. Selkirk says that the 'Roman coast road also appears to have linked Sunderland to South Shields'. Again there is no archaeological evidence for this.

ENGLISH BRIGANTINE, 1873. `The PEACE left Sunderland at 8 a.m. on 16.08 with a crew of five hands, two passengers and a cargo of coal. The weather was fine and clear, the wind SW x W. She stood off on the starboard tack for about an hour until 9.30 a.m. when she reached in to the land on the port tack, and at 10 a.m. struck the rocks and eventually became a wreck. The master was at the helm when the vessel struck. The court held at Gt. Yarmouth, before C. Woolverton and G.Blake, Justices of the Peace, were of the opinion that the PEACE was lost by gross neglect on the part of the master. Since he held no certificate, the court could only express their sense of his default by adjudging him to pay a portion of the cost of the inquiry, namely five pounds' {Larn 1997}.

ENGLISH BRIGANTINE, 1880. Stranded and lost in high winds. Built in Sunderland in 1850. Master: H P Pullen. Crew: 6 Owner: J G Chamberlain, Wivenhoe

1615 wreck of English craft which stranded at Ryhope. Constructed of wood, she was a sailing vessel. The inquest on the wreck of the UNICORN on 15 October 1615, was used as evidence in the case of Bishop of Durham v Robert Preston, 7 November 1768.

ENGLISH SCHOONER, 1860. 'Having left Wells-next-the-Sea the previous day, she encountered thick fog and her master failed to use the lead and line. As a consequence, in heavy seas, she struck on the rocks at 9.15pm, came off, filled and sank' {Richard and Bridget Larn 1997}.

1823 wreck of English brig which stranded at Ryhope during a gale. Laden with coal, she was a wooden sailing vessel. `Feb. 3rd. One of the most tremendous storms ever witnessed here commenced yesterday; the sea is running a tremendous height. It is reported that several vessels, coal-laden, have been driven on shore to the Northward and Southward of this port. Their names I have not yet been able to ascertain, except the TWO BROTHERS of Scarbro', and BETSEY AND NELLY, of Shields. Crews saved' {Lloyds List}.

A SNOW, wrecked on the rocks in 1865.

1828 wreck of English cargo vessel which stranded at Ryhope after getting into difficulties on her departure from Sunderland on 13th January. Laden with coal, she was a wooden sailing vessel. En route from Boston. Master: Potts. All the crew were lost.