Sunderland, Tiny

HER Number:
15221

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Sunderland, Tiny

Place:
Sunderland

Map Sheet:
NZ45NW

Class:
Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad:
Leisure Craft

Site Type: Specific:
Yacht

General Period:
Modern

Specific Period:
C20

Form of Evidence:
Wreckage

Description:
A British yacht possibly employed on Admiralty service, which was bombed by German aircraft and sank in South Dock, Sunderland in 1941. A wooden sailing vessel with an auxiliary oil engine. 5 tons

Easting:
4113

Northing:
5819

Grid Reference:
NZ41135819

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
National Monuments Record MONUMENT NUMBER: 1369737; 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; 1989 Lloyd's war losses: the Second World War 3 September-14 August 1945, Volumes I and II, Page(s)197