Sunderland, Hoffnung
Sunderland, Hoffnung
HER Number
15206
District
Sunderland
Site Name
Sunderland, Hoffnung
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
1827 wreck of German sloop which stranded on the Potato Garth after grounding on the bar on attempting to reach Sunderland harbour. En route from Shields to Greifswald with coal, she was a wooden sailing vessel. The crew was saved. Master: Schatts
Easting
441130
Northing
558190
Grid Reference
NZ441130558190
Sources
National Monuments Record MONUMENT NUMBER: 1352464; Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 02-NOV-1827, No.6269; 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; Durham County Advertiser
03-NOV-1827, No.687 Page 3; Durham County Advertiser 10-NOV-1827, No.688 Page 3
03-NOV-1827, No.687 Page 3; Durham County Advertiser 10-NOV-1827, No.688 Page 3