Tyne and Wear HER(14251): Sunderland, Fountain - Details
14251
Sunderland
Sunderland, Fountain
Sunderland
NZ45NW
Maritime Craft
Wreck
Early Modern
C19
Wreckage
In 1806 the Fountain, of Sunderland, ran aground near her home port. All the crew were lost.
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NZ4257
Dick Keys and Ken Smith, 1998, Black Diamonds by Sea - North-East Sailing Colliers 1780-1880, p 25; National Monuments Record MONUMENT NUMBER: 1343910; Lloyds List 1969, 31-JAN-1815, No.4943 and 03-FEB-1815, No.4944; 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 Courant, 04-FEB-1815, No.7217 Page(s)4; Durham County Advertiser 04-FEB-1815, No.22 Page(s)3