Sunderland, John and Elizabeth

HER Number:
14116

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Sunderland, John and Elizabeth

Place:
Sunderland

Map Sheet:
NZ45NW

Class:
Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad:
Sailing Vessel

Site Type: Specific:
Brig

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Wreckage

Description:
1811 wreck of English brig which stranded behind the South Pier at Sunderland on attempting to return to Sunderland harbour. Bound from Sunderland to Rye with coal, she was a wooden sailing vessel.

Easting:
41

Northing:
57

Grid Reference:
NZ4157

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
National Monuments Record MONUMENT NUMBER: 1342265; Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 05-NOV-1811, No.4612; 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; Newcastle Advertiser 02-NOV-1811, No.1203 Page 4; Newcastle Courant 02-NOV-1811, No.7047 Page 4