Ryhope, Niord

HER Number:
14050

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Ryhope, Niord

Place:
Ryhope

Map Sheet:
NZ45SW

Class:
Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad:
Transport Vessel

Site Type: Specific:
Cargo Vessel

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Wreckage

Description:
1898 wreck of Danish cargo vessel which stranded 2 miles north of Seaham harbour en route from Randers via Frederikshavn to Newcastle-upon-Tyne in fog and storm conditions. She was laden with general cargo at the time. Constructed of iron in 1877, she was a steam-driven vessel.

Easting:
41

Northing:
53

Grid Reference:
NZ4153

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
National Monuments Record MONUMENT NUMBER: 1365949; 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; World Wide Web page http://www.sbib.dk/documents/Dansk_soeulykkestatistik/1899_01-67.pdf accessed and translated from the Danish on 15-JAN-2008