Sunderland, Betsey

HER Number

15186

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Sunderland, Betsey

Place

Sunderland

Map Sheet

NZ55NW

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

1791 wreck of English sloop which sprung a leak and foundered off Sunderland on her departure, laden with coal; a wooden sailing vessel.

Easting

441000

Northing

558300

Grid Reference

NZ441000558300

Sources

National Monuments Record MONUMENT NUMBER: 1391411; Newcastle Courant 19-MAR-1791, No.5971 Page 4; Newcastle Advertiser 19-MAR-1791, No.127 Page 2