Whitburn, Perseverance

HER Number

15134

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

Whitburn, Perseverance

Place

Whitburn

Map Sheet

NZ46SW

Class

Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad

Sailing Vessel <By Form/Type>

Site Type: Specific

Sloop

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Wreckage

Description

Sloop foundered in Whitburn Bay in wind force 9, 1854. Crew of 4 saved.

Easting

441000

Northing

560000

Grid Reference

NZ441000560000

Sources

National Monuments Record (1364722); 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)