Sunderland, Sarah

HER Number:
14155

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Sunderland, Sarah

Place:
Sunderland

Map Sheet:
NZ45NW

Class:
Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad:
Sailing Vessel

Site Type: Specific:
Sloop

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Wreckage

Description:
ENGLISH SLOOP, 1858. Left Grangemouth on 05-JAN at 1pm in fine weather conditions, but encountered snow and heavy seas two days later, when the wind increased to force 7 from the NNE. She rolled so heavily she developed a severe leak, and was run ashore at 9am in order to save the crew.

Easting:
41

Northing:
57

Grid Reference:
NZ4157

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
National Monuments Record MONUMENT NUMBER: 996696; United Kingdom shipwreck index [pre publication typescript]; 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