Hendon, collier

HER Number:
12351

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Hendon, collier

Place:
Hendon

Map Sheet:
NZ45NW

Class:
Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad:
Transport Vessel

Site Type: Specific:
Collier

General Period:
Modern

Specific Period:
C20

Form of Evidence:
Destroyed Monument

Description:
Dredging in a former sea entrance to part of South and Hendon Docks for an outfall pipe encountered the submerged remains of a vessel. The remains were recorded by divers in-situ and the salvaged ironwork visually inspected on land. The craft was probably a coastal collier which had struck the harbour entrance pier and sunk in the early years of the 20th century. That only the lower parts of the superstructure survived, suggested that the top of the ship had been removed in previous dredging operations.

Easting:
417

Northing:
568

Grid Reference:
NZ417568

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Tyne and Wear Specialist Conservation Team Annual Report 1997/8, page 12