Sunderland, Brigantine

HER Number

15182

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Sunderland, Brigantine

Place

Sunderland

Map Sheet

NZ45NW

Class

Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad

Sailing Vessel <By Rig>

Site Type: Specific

Brig

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Wreckage

Description

1753 wreck of English brig which stranded near the North Battery, Sunderland, after a collision on entering Sunderland harbour; a wooden sailing vessel.

Easting

441000

Northing

558300

Grid Reference

NZ441000558300

Sources

National Monuments Record MONUMENT NUMBER: 1377580; Newcastle Courant 24-FEB-1753, No.3086 Page 2