Sunderland, John and Hannah

HER Number

15195

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Sunderland, John and Hannah

Place

Sunderland

Map Sheet

NZ55NW

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

1813 wreck of British cargo vessel which foundered off Sunderland after springing a leak. En route from Newcastle-upon-Tyne to Whitby with coal and goods, she was a wooden sailing vessel.

Easting

441000

Northing

558300

Grid Reference

NZ441000558300

Sources

National Monuments Record MONUMENT NUMBER: 971542; Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 09-APR-1813, No.4760; 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; Tyne Mercury 09-MAR-1813, No.563 Page 3; Tyne Mercury 13-APR-1813, No.568 Page 3; Newcastle Courant 10-APR-1813, No.7122 Page 4