Whitburn, James

HER Number:
15010

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
Whitburn, James

Place:
Whitburn

Map Sheet:
NZ46SW

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:
November 1827 wreck of English cargo vessel which stranded near Whitburn during a gale. Wrecked alongside the Ann and Vertumnus (HER 15008 and HER 15011) En route from London to Shields in ballast, she was a wooden sailing vessel. Master: Henderson

Easting:
41

Northing:
60

Grid Reference:
NZ4160

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
National Monuments Record (1352474); Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 20-NOV-1827, No.6274; 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 (CF); Durham County Advertiser 24-NOV-1827, No.690 Page(s)3; Newcastle Courant 24-NOV-1827, No.7885 Page(s)4