Sunderland, Bee

Sunderland, Bee

HER Number
15159
District
Sunderland
Site Name
Sunderland, Bee
Place
Sunderland
Map Sheet
NZ45NW
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
1819 wreck of English sloop which stranded following a collision with the North Pier at Sunderland, after leaving that port and returning the next day. Laden with coal, she was a wooden sailing vessel.
Easting
441000
Northing
558300
Grid Reference
NZ441000558300
Sources
National Monuments Record (971586); Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 15-JAN-1819, No.5352; Durham County Advertiser
16-JAN-1819, No.228 Page(s)3; Newcastle Courant 16-JAN-1819, No.7423 Page(s)4;