Ryhope, Pincushion Rocks, Gitana

HER Number:
12918

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Ryhope, Pincushion Rocks, Gitana

Place:
Ryhope

Map Sheet:
NZ45SW

Class:
Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad:
Sailing Vessel

Site Type: Specific:
Brig

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Wreckage

Description:
Gitana was a brig, of Methel, which ran aground on March 2nd 1874. Ashore in dense fog on rocks about 2.5 miles north of Seaham Harbour. 10 crew saved. The nationality of this vessel has been expressed as both German and Lithuanian, since the Prussian port of Memel is Klaipeda in modern Lithuania.

Easting:
4171

Northing:
5319

Grid Reference:
NZ41715319

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Peter Collings, 1991, The New Divers Guide to the North-East Coast, page 15; J Morris 1988 Seaham lifeboats, 1856-1979