Ryhope, Ulysses

HER Number:
15214

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Ryhope, Ulysses

Place:
Ryhope

Map Sheet:
NZ45SW

Class:
Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad:
Sailing Vessel

Site Type: Specific:
Schooner

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Wreckage

Description:
ENGLISH SCHOONER, 1860. 'Having left Wells-next-the-Sea the previous day, she encountered thick fog and her master failed to use the lead and line. As a consequence, in heavy seas, she struck on the rocks at 9.15pm, came off, filled and sank' {Richard and Bridget Larn 1997}.

Easting:
4171

Northing:
5319

Grid Reference:
NZ41715319

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
National Monuments Record MONUMENT NUMBER: 1313621; 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