Whitburn, Perseverance

Tyne and Wear HER(15134): Whitburn, Perseverance - Details

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HER Number:
15134

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
Whitburn, Perseverance

Place:
Whitburn

Map Sheet:
NZ46SW

Class:
Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad:
Sailing Vessel

Site Type: Specific:
Sloop

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Wreckage

Description:
Sloop foundered in Whitburn Bay in wind force 9, 1854. Crew of 4 saved.

Easting:
41

Northing:
60

Grid Reference:
NZ4160

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
National Monuments Record (1364722); 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)

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