Sunderland, Success
Sunderland, Success
HER Number
15160
District
Sunderland
Site Name
Sunderland, Success
Place
Sunderland
Map Sheet
NZ45NW
Class
Maritime Craft
Site Type: Broad
Sailing Vessel <By Form/Type>
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Form of Evidence
Wreckage
Description
January 1792 wreck of British craft which capsized, possibly following collision, and stranded near the North Pier at Sunderland on her arrival; a wooden sailing vessel. Master: Blench. `Newcastle, January 21, 1792...Sunday night, in a gale from the southward, and a strong fresh running out of the Wear, out of 50 ships attempting to enter the harbour, 13 run on shore within the North Pier...The SUCCESS, Capt. Blench, was overset, dismasted, and has since gone to pieces...' (Newcastle Courant)
Easting
441000
Northing
558300
Grid Reference
NZ441000558300
Sources
National Monuments Record (1391503); Newcastle Courant 21-JAN-1792, No.6015 Page(s)4; Newcastle Advertiser
21-JAN-1792, No.171 Page(s)2
21-JAN-1792, No.171 Page(s)2