Whitburn, St Eric (St Erie)

HER Number:
15132

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
Whitburn, St Eric (St Erie)

Place:
Whitburn

Map Sheet:
NZ46SW

Class:
Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad:
Sailing Vessel

Site Type: Specific:

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Wreckage

Description:
1812 wreck of Swedish craft which stranded at Whitburn on her "northabout" passage from Kingston-upon-Hull to Liverpool; a wooden sailing vessel. Master: Hollander

Easting:
41

Northing:
60

Grid Reference:
NZ4160

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
National Monuments Record (1342631); 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); Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 31-MAR-1812, No.4652; Newcastle Advertiser 28-MAR-1812, No.1224 Page(s)4; Tyne Mercury 24-MAR-1812, No.513 Page(s)3; Tyne Mercury 31-MAR-1812, No.514 Page(s)3