Sunderland, Roberts

HER Number

14081

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Sunderland, Roberts

Place

Sunderland

Map Sheet

NZ45NW

Class

Maritime Craft

Site Type: Specific

Craft

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Wreckage

Description

ENGLISH CRAFT, 1827. `North Shields, 19th May. The ROBERTS, of this port, Bowie, from Peterhead to Sunderland, got behind Sunderland North Pier 15th instant, and shortly after went to pieces. Crew saved.'

Easting

441000

Northing

558000

Grid Reference

NZ441000558000

Sources

National Monuments Record MONUMENT NUMBER: 1349340; Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 22-MAY-1827, No.6222; 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