Sunderland, Swift

HER Number

14078

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Sunderland, Swift

Place

Sunderland

Map Sheet

NZ45NW

Class

Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad

Sailing Vessel <By Form/Type>

Site Type: Specific

Smack

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Wreckage

Description

1825 wreck of English smack which stranded behind one of the piers at Sunderland (variously described as the North or South Pier) during a gale. En route from London to Sunderland with a general cargo, she was a wooden sailing vessel.

Easting

441000

Northing

558000

Grid Reference

NZ441000558000

Sources

National Monuments Record MONUMENT NUMBER: 971695; Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 02-DEC-1825, No.6069; Newcastle Courant 03-DEC-1825, No.7783 Page 4; Durham County Advertiser 03-DEC-1825, No.587 Page 3