Sunderland, Zes Gezusters (Sisters)

HER Number:
14077

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Sunderland, Zes Gezusters (Sisters)

Place:
Sunderland

Map Sheet:
NZ45NW

Class:
Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad:
Sailing Vessel

Site Type: Specific:
Barque

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Wreckage

Description:
DUTCH BARQUE, 1857. Whilst running into harbour for shelter without a pilot, struck on the bar and drove behind the the rocks at 11.30am in wind conditions ESE force 9 and became a total loss.

Easting:
40

Northing:
59

Grid Reference:
NZ4059

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
National Monuments Record MONUMENT NUMBER: 987260; 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]