Sunderland, Britannia

Sunderland, Britannia

HER Number
16075
District
Sunderland
Site Name
Sunderland, Britannia
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
1823 wreck of English sloop which grounded behind the South Pier at Sunderland, finally stranding within the harbour later the same day, owing to the violent gale. Having entered Sunderland in ballast, she was a wooden sailing vessel.
Easting
441130
Northing
558190
Grid Reference
NZ441130558190
Sources
National Monuments Record MONUMENT NUMBER: 971623; Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 04-FEB-1823, No.5774; Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list
07-FEB-1823, No.5775; Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 11-FEB-1823, No.5776; Durham County Advertiser 08-FEB-1823, No.440 Page(s)3