Whitburn, Whitburn Steel, Vera

HER Number:
15149

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
Whitburn, Whitburn Steel, Vera

Place:
Whitburn

Map Sheet:
NZ46SW

Class:
Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad:
Sailing Vessel

Site Type: Specific:
Barque

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Wreckage

Description:
Prussian barque stranded in wind conditions 1902. Built: 1862 Builder: Hamel Where Built: Cherbourg Master: H Vanselow Crew: 10 Owner: O Munsterberg, Danzig (Gdansk) Construction: 1 deck; completely rebuilt 1878

Easting:
41

Northing:
60

Grid Reference:
NZ4160

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
National Monuments Record (1001910); 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); United Kingdom Shipwreck Index