Sunderland, Orion

HER Number:
12677

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Sunderland, Orion

Place:
Sunderland

Map Sheet:
NZ45NW

Class:
Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad:

Site Type: Specific:
Fishing Vessel

General Period:
Modern

Specific Period:
C20

Form of Evidence:
Wreckage

Description:
REMAINS OF FISHING VESSEL, 1913 Orientation: 340160 06-JUN-1972 Wreck, probably a fishing vessel, lies 340/160 deg with deck just showing above level of surrounding sand. Length about 120ft. Position 54 55 09N 001 21 39W. 25-SEP-1974 Examined at low water. Dries 1.7m. A 2nd section, unexamined, reported to lie 1 cable S of centre of Roker Pier. Was probably the ORION. Position plots in 54 55 09.6N 001 21 38.5W. 21-MAY-1991 Wreck has been removed during work on N dock sea defences.(1)

Easting:
4097

Northing:
5848

Grid Reference:
NZ40975848

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Archaeological Research Services Ltd, 2009, North East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment; NMR Monument 908710; Shoreline Management Plan 7.2; Hydrographic Office wreck index 09-MAR-1993; Peter Collings, 1991, The New Divers Guide to the North-East Coast, page 24; R. Young, 2000, Comprehensive Guide to Shipwrecks of the North-East Coast, 2000, Vol One (1740-1917), p. 133; Ian Spokes, wreck database; National Monuments Record