Tyne and Wear HER(15011): Whitburn, Vertumnus (Vertumos, Vertumus) - Details
15011
S Tyneside
Whitburn, Vertumnus (Vertumos, Vertumus)
Whitburn
NZ46SW
Maritime Craft
Transport Vessel
Cargo Vessel
Early Modern
C19
Wreckage
November 1827 wreck of English cargo vessel which stranded near Whitburn during a gale. Wrecked alongside the Ann and James (HER 15008 and 15010) En route from London to Shields in ballast, she was a wooden sailing vessel. Master: Laing
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60
NZ4160
National Monuments Record (1352473); Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 20-NOV-1827, No.6274; 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 (CF); Durham County Advertiser 24-NOV-1827, No.690 Page(s)3; Newcastle Courant 24-NOV-1827, No.7885 Page(s)4