Ryhope, Ulysses

HER Number

15214

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Ryhope, Ulysses

Place

Ryhope

Map Sheet

NZ45SW

Class

Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad

Sailing Vessel <By Rig>

Site Type: Specific

Schooner

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

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

441710

Northing

553190

Grid Reference

NZ441710553190

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