Sunderland, Messenger
Sunderland, Messenger
HER Number
16079
District
Sunderland
Site Name
Sunderland, Messenger
Place
Sunderland
Map Sheet
NZ45NW
Class
Maritime Craft
Site Type: Broad
Sailing Vessel <By Rig>
Site Type: Specific
Brig
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Form of Evidence
Wreckage
Description
Having sprung a leak, put back in wind conditions E force 10-11, squally with rain, but on entering the harbour struck violently against the North Pier and lost both bowsprit and foretopmast, and was so leaky that she appeared almost waterlogged. She drove up the harbour and sank at 3.30pm on high water. Estimated loss on the vessel was about 300 [sterling].
Built: 1827
Master: Wood
Crew: 9
Lost: 1852
Built: 1827
Master: Wood
Crew: 9
Lost: 1852
Easting
441130
Northing
558190
Grid Reference
NZ441130558190
Sources
National Monuments Record MONUMENT NUMBER:987122; United Kingdom shipwreck index [pre publication typescript];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