Whitburn, Whitburn Steel, Charlotte

HER Number

15140

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

Whitburn, Whitburn Steel, Charlotte

Place

Whitburn

Map Sheet

NZ46SW

Class

Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad

Sailing Vessel <By Form/Type>

Site Type: Specific

Sloop

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Wreckage

Description

31st May 1860 wreck of English sloop which parted from her anchors in force 10 winds and drove ashore. Built: 1807 Crew: 4 Passengers: 1

Easting

441000

Northing

560000

Grid Reference

NZ441000560000

Sources

National Monuments Record (996778); 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 (CF); United Kingdom Shipwreck Index