Sunderland, Syren

HER Number

14293

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Sunderland, Syren

Place

Sunderland

Map Sheet

NZ45NW

Class

Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad

Transport Vessel

Site Type: Specific

Cargo Vessel

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Wreckage

Description

1829 wreck of English cargo vessel which stranded near Hendon during a gale, while attempting to reach Sunderland harbour. Thought to have been in ballast, she was a wooden sailing vessel.

Easting

441000

Northing

558000

Grid Reference

NZ441000558000

Sources

National Monuments Record MONUMENT NUMBER: 1409210; Durham County Advertiser 17-OCT-1829, No.789 Page 3