Sunderland, Free Briton

HER Number:
15192

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Sunderland, Free Briton

Place:
Sunderland

Map Sheet:
NZ55NW

Class:
Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad:
Sailing Vessel

Site Type: Specific:

General Period:
Post Medieval

Specific Period:
C18

Form of Evidence:
Wreckage

Description:
1797 wreck of English craft which foundered off Sunderland, following a collision with the RABY; a wooden sailing vessel.

Easting:
41000

Northing:
58300

Grid Reference:
NZ4100058300

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
National Monuments Record MONUMENT NUMBER: 1393311; Newcastle Courant 16-SEP-1797, No.6310 Page 4