Sunderland, Earl of Mar

HER Number

14071

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Sunderland, Earl of Mar

Place

Sunderland

Map Sheet

NZ45NW

Class

Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad

Sailing Vessel <By Rig>

Site Type: Specific

Brig

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Wreckage

Description

ENGLISH BRIG, 1852 Driven on shore behind the North Pier in wind conditions SW x W force 6, in consequence of the tug casting off the tow line prematurely, when still on the Bar. Estimated loss on the vessel, which was insured for only 300 [sterling], was 400 [sterling].

Easting

441000

Northing

558000

Grid Reference

NZ441000558000

Sources

National Monuments Record MONUMENT NUMBER: 987146; 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; United Kingdom shipwreck index [pre publication typescript]