Sunderland, William

HER Number

15227

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Sunderland, William

Place

Sunderland

Map Sheet

NZ45NW

Class

Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad

Craft

Site Type: Specific

Coble

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Wreckage

Description

ENGLISH FISHING VESSEL, 1856, wrecked in South Dock outlet. Struck by heavy sea in high wind conditions. Vessel described as a coble. 1 member of the crew was lost.

Easting

441130

Northing

558190

Grid Reference

NZ441130558190

Sources

National Monuments Record MONUMENT NUMBER: 1362422; 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