Sunderland, Victoria

HER Number:
14044

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Sunderland, Victoria

Place:
Sunderland

Map Sheet:
NZ45NW

Class:
Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad:
Sailing Vessel

Site Type: Specific:
Schooner

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Wreckage

Description:
ENGLISH SCHOONER, 1854 Vessel drove ashore in wind conditions SE force 10 on the rocks north of the pier and was wrecked due to stress of weather.

Easting:
41

Northing:
59

Grid Reference:
NZ4159

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
National Monuments Record MONUMENT NUMBER: 987174; United Kingdom shipwreck index [pre publication typescript]; Richard and Bridget Larn 1997 Shipwreck index of the British Isles, volume 3. The east coast of England : Essex, Suffolk, Norfolk, Lincolnshire, Yorkshire, County Durham, Northumberland, Section 6, County Durham