Whitburn, Whitburn Sands, Orion

HER Number:
16091

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
Whitburn, Whitburn Sands, Orion

Place:
Whitburn

Map Sheet:
NZ46SW

Class:
Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad:
Sailing Vessel

Site Type: Specific:
Brig

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Wreckage

Description:
1832 wreck of English brig which was beached on Whitburn Sands after catching fire shortly after leaving Sunderland. Laden with coal, she was a wooden sailing vessel.

Easting:
4111

Northing:
6023

Grid Reference:
NZ41116023

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
National Monuments Record MONUMENT NUMBER: 1387157; 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