Tyne and Wear HER(16079): Sunderland, Messenger - Details
16079
Sunderland
Sunderland, Messenger
Sunderland
NZ45NW
Maritime Craft
Sailing Vessel
Brig
Early Modern
C19
Wreckage
Having sprung a leak, put back in wind conditions E force 10-11, squally with rain, but on entering the harbour struck violently against the North Pier and lost both bowsprit and foretopmast, and was so leaky that she appeared almost waterlogged. She drove up the harbour and sank at 3.30pm on high water. Estimated loss on the vessel was about 300 [sterling].
Built: 1827
Master: Wood
Crew: 9
Lost: 1852
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NZ41135819
National Monuments Record MONUMENT NUMBER:987122; 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