Sunderland, No. 1

HER Number:
14051

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Sunderland, No. 1

Place:
Sunderland

Map Sheet:
NZ55NW

Class:
Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad:
Transport Vessel

Site Type: Specific:
Barge

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Wreckage

Description:
This wooden hopper barge foundered in 1896 whilst on her way to sea under tow to dump household rubbish, in wind conditions SE force 2.

Easting:
53

Northing:
58

Grid Reference:
NZ5358

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
National Monuments Record MONUMENT NUMBER: 1365627; 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