Sunderland, Hoffnung

HER Number:
15206

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Sunderland, Hoffnung

Place:
Sunderland

Map Sheet:
NZ45NW

Class:
Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad:
Sailing Vessel

Site Type: Specific:
Sloop

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Wreckage

Description:
1827 wreck of German sloop which stranded on the Potato Garth after grounding on the bar on attempting to reach Sunderland harbour. En route from Shields to Greifswald with coal, she was a wooden sailing vessel. The crew was saved. Master: Schatts

Easting:
4113

Northing:
5819

Grid Reference:
NZ41135819

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
National Monuments Record MONUMENT NUMBER: 1352464; Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 02-NOV-1827, No.6269; 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; Durham County Advertiser 03-NOV-1827, No.687 Page 3; Durham County Advertiser 10-NOV-1827, No.688 Page 3