Sunderland, Intent

HER Number

13877

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Sunderland, Intent

Place

Sunderland

Map Sheet

NZ55NW

Class

Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad

Transport Vessel

Site Type: Specific

Cargo Vessel

General Period

20TH CENTURY

Specific Period

Early 20th Century 1901 to 1932

Form of Evidence

Wreckage

Description

The steamship Intent weighed 1564T and measured 74.37m x 11.45m x 4.9m. She was torpedoed 7th March 1918.

Easting

450370

Northing

552240

Grid Reference

NZ450370552240

Sources

Ian T. Spokes Wreck Database, Inga Project, National Monument Record MONUMENT NUMBER: 1367489; 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; 1988 British vessels lost at sea 1914-18 and 1939-45, Section II Page 83; 1990 Lloyd's war losses, The First World War: Casualties to shipping through enemy causes 1914-1918, Page 205