Sunderland, Swift

HER Number:
14078

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Sunderland, Swift

Place:
Sunderland

Map Sheet:
NZ45NW

Class:
Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad:
Sailing Vessel

Site Type: Specific:
Smack

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Wreckage

Description:
1825 wreck of English smack which stranded behind one of the piers at Sunderland (variously described as the North or South Pier) during a gale. En route from London to Sunderland with a general cargo, she was a wooden sailing vessel.

Easting:
41

Northing:
58

Grid Reference:
NZ4158

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
National Monuments Record MONUMENT NUMBER: 971695; Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 02-DEC-1825, No.6069; Newcastle Courant 03-DEC-1825, No.7783 Page 4; Durham County Advertiser 03-DEC-1825, No.587 Page 3