Sunderland, Poultons

HER Number:
14067

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Sunderland, Poultons

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, 1858. Due to thick weather, wind conditions E force 10, snow and squally, this vessel drove ashore at 5.30am on high water, her crew being prevented from seeing the leading lights, causing her to become a total wreck.

Easting:
41

Northing:
58

Grid Reference:
NZ4158

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
National Monuments Record MONUMENT NUMBER: 996677; 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; United Kingdom shipwreck index [pre publication typescript]