Sunderland, Friendship

HER Number

14112

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Sunderland, Friendship

Place

Sunderland

Map Sheet

NZ45NW

Class

Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad

Sailing Vessel <By Form/Type>

Site Type: Specific

Sloop

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Wreckage

Description

1807 wreck of Scottish sloop which stranded behind the South Pier in attempting to make Sunderland harbour. Laden with coal from Blyth, she was a wooden sailing vessel.

Easting

441000

Northing

558000

Grid Reference

NZ441000558000

Sources

National Monuments Record MONUMENT NUMBER: 1398397; Newcastle Courant 21-NOV-1807, No.6841 Page 1