Sunderland, Eagle

HER Number:
14308

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Sunderland, Eagle

Place:
Sunderland

Map Sheet:
NZ45NW

Class:
Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad:
Transport Vessel

Site Type: Specific:
Cargo Vessel

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Wreckage

Description:
1803 wreck of English cargo vessel which foundered after grounding on the inside of the North Pier at Sunderland, on attempting to reach the harbour. This wooden sailing vessel was in ballast.

Easting:
41

Northing:
58

Grid Reference:
NZ4158

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
National Monuments Record MONUMENT NUMBER: 971492; Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 20-DEC-1803, No.4412; 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 10-DEC-1803, No.6635 Page 4