Ryhope, British Ensign

HER Number

14297

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Ryhope, British Ensign

Place

Ryhope

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

1880 wreck of English brig which stranded near Ryhope in force 9 conditions, while en route from Ramsgate to Shields in ballast. Built of wood, she was a sailing vessel.

Easting

441000

Northing

552000

Grid Reference

NZ441000552000

Sources

National Monuments Record MONUMENT NUMBER: 997101; United Kingdom shipwreck index [pre publication typescript]; 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