Sunderland, Perseverance

HER Number:
16044

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Sunderland, Perseverance

Place:
Sunderland

Map Sheet:
NZ45NW

Class:
Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad:
Sailing Vessel

Site Type: Specific:
Schooner

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Wreckage

Description:
1827 wreck of English schooner which stranded against the South Pier Head on attempting to enter Sunderland harbour. En route from Gainsborough to Newcastle-upon-Tyne with iron, she was a wooden sailing vessel.

Easting:
4113

Northing:
5819

Grid Reference:
NZ41135819

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
National Monuments Record MONUMENT NUMBER:1312912; Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 19-JAN-1827, No.6187; 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 27-JAN-1827, No.647 Page(s)3