Sunderland, Blossom

Tyne and Wear HER(14060): Sunderland, Blossom - Details

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HER Number:
14060

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Sunderland, Blossom

Place:
Sunderland

Map Sheet:
NZ55NW

Class:
Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad:
Sailing Vessel

Site Type: Specific:
Schooner

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Wreckage

Description:
SCOTTISH SCHOONER, 1857. Having left Shields that day at 9am, in stormy conditions, the wind WSW force 5, developed a leak in heavy seas and went down immediately at 6pm.

Easting:
52

Northing:
57

Grid Reference:
NZ5257

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
National Monuments Record MONUMENT NUMBER: 1313079; 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

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