Sunderland, Rachael

HER Number:
15158

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Sunderland, Rachael

Place:
Sunderland

Map Sheet:
NZ45NW

Class:
Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad:
Sailing Vessel

Site Type: Specific:
Brigantine

General Period:
Post Medieval

Specific Period:
C18

Form of Evidence:
Wreckage

Description:
1804 incident in which an English brig or brigantine foundered following a collision with the North Pier, at Sunderland, to be recovered, repaired The vessel was recovered, repaired and sold, on the bankruptcy of her owner George Gregson. She was a wooden sailing vessel. Master: Minto.

Easting:
41000

Northing:
58300

Grid Reference:
NZ4100058300

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
National Monuments Record (971497); Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 17-JAN-1804, No.4419; 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); Newcastle Courant 14-JAN-1804, No.6640 Page(s)4; Newcastle Courant 27-OCT-1804, No.6681 Page(s)1