Sunderland, Spring
Sunderland, Spring
HER Number
15162
District
Sunderland
Site Name
Sunderland, Spring
Place
Sunderland
Map Sheet
NZ45NW
Class
Maritime Craft
Site Type: Broad
Sailing Vessel <By Rig>
Site Type: Specific
Brigantine
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Form of Evidence
Wreckage
Description
March 1789 wreck of English brig which stranded near the old south pier, Sunderland, on departure, laden with coal; a wooden sailing vessel. Master: Jefferson. `Newcastle, March 7, 1789...On Monday se'nnight last, the SPRING, a small brig belonging to Scarbro', John Jefferson, master, going out of Sunderland harbour, coal loaden, got upon a rock near the Old South Pier, and soon after sunk; the crew got into the rigging, and were all happily preserved: all the materials are saved, but it is feared the ship will be totally lost.' (Courant)
Easting
441000
Northing
558300
Grid Reference
NZ441000558300
Sources
National Monuments Record (1390203); Newcastle Courant 07-MAR-1789, No.5865 Page(s)4; Newcastle Advertiser
07-MAR-1789, No.21 Page(s)2; Newcastle Chronicle 07-MAR-1789, No.1288 Page(s)2
07-MAR-1789, No.21 Page(s)2; Newcastle Chronicle 07-MAR-1789, No.1288 Page(s)2