Sunderland, Two Brothers

HER Number

14727

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Sunderland, Two Brothers

Place

Sunderland

Map Sheet

NZ45NW

Class

Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad

Sailing Vessel <By Rig>

Site Type: Specific

Brig

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Wreckage

Description

1752 wreck of brig which stranded near Sunderland during a gale, while on her passage from London and Whitby. Constructed of wood, she was a sailing vessel.

Easting

441130

Northing

558190

Grid Reference

NZ441130558190

Sources

National Monuments Record MONUMENT NUMBER: 971394; Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 24-JAN-1752, No.1688; The Bristol Weekly Intelligencer 25-JAN-1752, No.122 Page 3