Sunderland, Thomas Fenwick

HER Number

14726

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Sunderland, Thomas Fenwick

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 Sunderland during a gale, while attempting to reach Sunderland harbour. Thought to have been in ballast, she was a wooden sailing vessel.

Easting

441130

Northing

558190

Grid Reference

NZ441130558190

Sources

National Monuments Record MONUMENT NUMBER: 1409212; Durham County Advertiser 17-OCT-1829, No.789 Page 3