Sunderland, Arendal

HER Number:
15209

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Sunderland, Arendal

Place:
Sunderland

Map Sheet:
NZ45NW

Class:
Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad:
Sailing Vessel

Site Type: Specific:
Brig

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Wreckage

Description:
1906 wreck of Norwegian brig which stranded at Roker New Pier on her arrival at Sunderland from Tonsberg loaded with timber pit props. Constructed of timber in 1855. 275 tons. Master: H Hansen. Crew: 8. Owner: B Jacobsen of Arendal

Easting:
4113

Northing:
5819

Grid Reference:
NZ41135819

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
National Monuments Record MONUMENT NUMBER: 1001937; United Kingdom shipwreck index [pre publication typescript]; 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; http://www.skipet.no/1906.pdf