Sunderland, Kennedy

HER Number

14119

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Sunderland, Kennedy

Place

Sunderland

Map Sheet

NZ45NW

Class

Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad

Sailing Vessel <By Form/Type>

Site Type: Specific

Sloop

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Wreckage

Description

1821 wreck of English sloop which stranded behind the South Pier at Sunderland on her arrival from Berwick-upon-Tweed. Laden with corn, she was a wooden sailing vessel.

Easting

441000

Northing

558000

Grid Reference

NZ441000558000

Sources

National Monuments Record MONUMENT NUMBER: 971614; Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 01-JAN-1822, No.5658; Newcastle Courant 29-DEC-1821, No.7577 Page 4; Durham County Advertiser 29-DEC-1821, No.382 Page 3