Whitburn, Whitburn Steel, Jason

HER Number

15144

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

Whitburn, Whitburn Steel, Jason

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

1831 wreck of English cargo vessel which stranded on Whitburn Steel during a gale; a wooden sailing vessel.

Easting

441000

Northing

560000

Grid Reference

NZ441000560000

Sources

National Monuments Record (1047764); Sunderland and Durham general shipping gazette and mercantile advertiser
05-FEB-1831; Durham County Advertiser 25-FEB-1831, No.860 [old series]/34 [new series] Page(s)271; Newcastle Chronicle 05-FEB-1831 [via Ian T Spokes]