Sunderland, Hopper No. 4

HER Number:
14202

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Sunderland, Hopper No. 4

Place:
Sunderland

Map Sheet:
NZ45NW

Class:
Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad:
Service Vessel

Site Type: Specific:
Lighter

General Period:
Modern

Specific Period:
C20

Form of Evidence:
Wreckage

Description:
ENGLISH LIGHTER, 1903. Vessel foundered and lost whilst under tow to sea for the spoil ground, dumping rubbish, in wind conditions S force 2.

Easting:
41

Northing:
58

Grid Reference:
NZ4158

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
National Monuments Record MONUMENT NUMBER: 1001922; 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