Sunderland, Industry

HER Number

14117

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Sunderland, Industry

Place

Sunderland

Map Sheet

NZ45NW

Class

Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad

Sailing Vessel <By Form/Type>

Site Type: Specific

Sloop

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Wreckage

Description

1821 wreck of English sloop which stranded behind the South Pier at Sunderland on attempting to reach the harbour; a wooden sailing vessel.

Easting

441000

Northing

557000

Grid Reference

NZ441000557000

Sources

National Monuments Record MONUMENT NUMBER: 1404783; Durham County Advertiser 03-MAR-1821, No.339 Page 3; Newcastle Courant 03-MAR-1821, No.7534 Page 4