November 1803 wreck of English cargo vessel from Scarborough, which stranded on Hendon Rock on her passage from Shields with coal; a wooden sailing vessel.

1785 wreck of English craft which stranded on Hendon Rock while bound for Newcastle upon Tyne; a wooden sailing vessel. `Newcastle, Nov. 5, 1785...Yesterday se'nnight, about 7 at night, the FANNY, Capt. David Smith, jun., belonging to this port, making for the harbour, and standing close in shore, was, by the changing of the wind from SW to ENE with a sudden squall, driven upon Hendon Rock, near Suter [sic] Point, and sunk in 5 minutes; the crew with difficulty saved themselves, by climbing upon the rocks; but, from the darkness of the night, two of them fell over a precipice, one of whom was killed on the spot, the other had his thigh bone broke, and was otherwise much bruised, but is now in a fair way of recovery; the ship is since gone to pieces, and the seaman who was killed, has left a widow and three children to lament his loss.' {Newcastle Courant 05-NOV-1785, No.5691 Page 4}.

ENGLISH TUG, 1914 sank in Hendon Docks. Built: 1844. Different to HER 12749.

BRITISH HULK, 1943. Originally a steam tug. Ordered as CT 26 1917, completed for the Shipping Controller as CRETESTEM 1919. Changed hands: 1921 Board of Trade; 1922 Crete Shipping Co. Ltd., London; 1935, Samuel Levy, South Shields; 1935 South Stockton Shipbuilding Co. Ltd., Stockton, for scrapping. Dismantled 1937. Sunk by German aircraft 24.5.1943 in Hendon Dock. Built: 1919
Builder: Amble Ferro-Concrete Co. Ltd.
Where Built: Amble
Propulsion: Screw driven, 3 cylinder triple expansion engine
HP: 750 ihp
Machinery: McColl & Pollock Ltd., Sunderland
Owner: Last known owner South Stockton Shipbuilding Co. Ltd., 1935

ENGLISH BARQUE, 1854. Drove ashore in Hendon Bay in wind conditions NE x N force 10 with rain, after parting from her anchors at night due to stress of weather. Estimated loss on the hull was £2,000 and on the cargo £500, neither being insured.Built: 1836
Where Built: Sunderland
Master: R Parkin
Crew: 15
Owner: Thompson

NORWEGIAN BARQUE, 1894. Vessel stranded and lost in Hendon Bay in wind conditions ENE force 8. Described as the "Great Gale of 22nd October 1894" by Boswell Whitaker. Built: 1870
Master: G Gjothesen
Crew: 8
Owner: M Danielson, Risor, Norway

21st January 1830 incident in which a Scottish (Peterhead) sloop grounded between Sunderland pier and Hendon Dean, to be recovered a few weeks later; a wooden sailing vessel.

1827 wreck of British sloop which stranded at Hendon en route from Stockton-on-Tees to Sunderland. Laden with flour, she was a wooden sailing vessel.

Feb. 3rd 1831. On Monday night after some days of calm and sluggish weather, with the wind about NW, a strong breeze came on from SSW, which increased towards morning to a gale and shifted gradually to SE, until about 10 o'clock on Tuesday morning when it literally blew a hurricane from that quarter, with thick, heavy and continued showers of snow and sleet, and a tremendous sea running.'
Master: Blomfield

1891 wreck of British schooner which stranded on the Black Middens on leaving the Tyne for Gravesend with coal; a wooden sailing vessel. Lifeboats BEDFORD and JAMES YOUNG launched, services not required. (Crew of PEGGY rescued by Tynemouth Volunteer Life Brigade.)

Master: Sedders
Crew: 5