Sunderland, Paragon

HER Number

15174

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Sunderland, Paragon

Place

Sunderland

Map Sheet

NZ45NW

Class

Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad

Transport Vessel

Site Type: Specific

Collier

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Wreckage

Description

October 1824 wreck of English collier which stranded north of Sunderland harbour during a gale while in ballast; a wooden sailing vessel. Master: Smith

Easting

441000

Northing

558300

Grid Reference

NZ441000558300

Sources

National Monuments Record (971645); Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 15-OCT-1824, No.5951; Dick Keys and Ken Smith 1998 Black Diamonds by Sea: North-East Sailing Colliers 1780-1880 Page(s)26; Newcastle Courant 16-OCT-1824, No.7723 Page(s)1