Whitburn, St Eric (St Erie)

HER Number

15132

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

Whitburn, St Eric (St Erie)

Place

Whitburn

Map Sheet

NZ46SW

Class

Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad

Sailing Vessel <By Form/Type>

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Wreckage

Description

1812 wreck of Swedish craft which stranded at Whitburn on her "northabout" passage from Kingston-upon-Hull to Liverpool; a wooden sailing vessel. Master: Hollander

Easting

441000

Northing

560000

Grid Reference

NZ441000560000

Sources

National Monuments Record (1342631); 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); Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 31-MAR-1812, No.4652; Newcastle Advertiser 28-MAR-1812, No.1224 Page(s)4; Tyne Mercury 24-MAR-1812, No.513 Page(s)3; Tyne Mercury 31-MAR-1812, No.514 Page(s)3