Whitburn, James

HER Number

15010

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

Whitburn, James

Place

Whitburn

Map Sheet

NZ46SW

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

November 1827 wreck of English cargo vessel which stranded near Whitburn during a gale. Wrecked alongside the Ann and Vertumnus (HER 15008 and HER 15011) En route from London to Shields in ballast, she was a wooden sailing vessel. Master: Henderson

Easting

441000

Northing

560000

Grid Reference

NZ441000560000

Sources

National Monuments Record (1352474); Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 20-NOV-1827, No.6274; 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 (CF); Durham County Advertiser 24-NOV-1827, No.690 Page(s)3; Newcastle Courant 24-NOV-1827, No.7885 Page(s)4