Sunderland, Messenger

HER Number:
16079

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Sunderland, Messenger

Place:
Sunderland

Map Sheet:
NZ45NW

Class:
Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad:
Sailing Vessel

Site Type: Specific:
Brig

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Wreckage

Description:
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

Easting:
4113

Northing:
5819

Grid Reference:
NZ41135819

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
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