1798 wreck of British cargo vessel which stranded on the Black Middens; a wooden sailing vessel. `To be sold by auction, for the benefit of the underwriters, on Friday the 16th November 1798, on the Low Lights Quay: All the materials of the ship CONTENT, burthen 19 keels of coals, or thereabouts, lately stranded on the Black Middens, consisting of anchors, kedges, cables, sails, hawsers, towlings [sic], warps, guns, boats, topmasts, yards, topmast and running rigging - with sundry other articles. The sale to begin at 10 o'clock in the morning.'

1901 wreck of Norwegian barque which stranded near the Long Sands in the Great Storm of 1901, on her passage from Adelaide to the Tyne with wheat. Constructed of iron, she was a sailing vessel. Ex.GWYNEDD.
Vessel stranded and lost between Cullercoats and Tynemouth, in wind conditions SE to E force 10. (1)(3)
Due to bad visibility could not find the lights marking the harbour entrance, and in heavy seas with her decks awash and sail shortened, struck an outcrop of rock off the Long Sands. She took the rocks beam on and capsized, drowning all her crew in heavy seas, except one man. (2)
Tragic tales of ships wrecked during a ferocious North East storm a century ago will be told in a new exhibition.
Between 2001 and 2006, marine archaeologists researched the Great Storm of 1901 which wreaked havoc along the east coast on 12th and 13th November. 40 ships were sunk between the Tweed and Tees and over 200 sailors drowned.
As part of the group's research two large iron sailing ships that sank on November 13, 1902, the QUILLOTA and the INGA, were dived on for the first time. The Maritime Archaeological Project was funded by Tomorrow's History and the Local Heritage Initiative Fund.
Eighteen sailors died when the Norwegian-owned INGA was wrecked off St. George's Church, Cullercoats. It was sailing with grain from Australia to Tyne Dock, weighed 1,100 tonnes and was 200 feet long.
Ian said: "We found the INGA by looking at newspaper reports from 1901, which told us where she was wrecked.
"It's well smashed, but still identifiable. There's a large iron mast out there, over 30 feet long. When we first found the wreck it looked like a bit of reef as it has a lot of kelp growing on it.
"We started rooting around the kelp and found a lot of plating and as we worked our way around we could see the upturned hull.
"We found a big winch used for the rigging. The wreckage covers several hundred square metres.
"The day after she sunk, the Tynemouth Volunteer Life Brigade found a parcel on the beach. Inside were two pictures, one of her just before she set sail and another of the crew." (4)
...reported in the Shields Daily Gazette on Thursday, 14th November, 1901:
"Our shipping reported yesterday says there was no doubt that with the exception of the one survivor, the entire crew of the INGA have perished. The name of the sole survivor is Andres Birkeland, 28 years of age, an able seaman belonging to Christiansand. He was picked up on the beach, north of the palace buildings, about 2.5 hours after the wreck. Naturally, owing to his buffeting in the waves, he was more dead than alive...He recovered sufficiently to talk a little, and later gave an account of the wreck. The iron barque INGA, early on Tuesday morning, encountered exceptionally bad weather, canvas was shortened and she drifted on, gradually drawing closer to the coast, though the land was invisible on account of the sleet and rain. At midnight on Tuesday she had passed the Tyne, having failed to sight the harbour lights, and the exact position of the vessel was unknown. It was a terrible night, the decks were flooded and every moment it seemed as if the vessel would be engulfed. All the men could do was to hold on to save their lives. At 2 o'clock a glimpse of the Tyne lights was caught, and it was realised that the position of the barque was critical. All efforts to keep her to the windward were unavailing. At about 4 o'clock, she struck some submerged rocks with her broadside, and keeled over...In a few moments the sea had swept every man overboard. Just before this the survivor had seen Captain Olsen standing on the poop...He afterwards saw him struggling in the boiling surf...Birkelands [sic], who is a powerful swimmer, seized a piece of wreckage and battled on. He lost consciousness, knowing nothing more until he revived under the care of the people at the Tyne Sailors' Home." (5)
Built: 1877 (3)
Builder: Osbourne, Graham and Co. (3)
Master: T A Olsen (3); Olsen (5)
Crew: 16 (3)
Crew Lost: 15 (3); 18 (4); all but 1 (5)
Owner: T B Heistein, Kristiansand (3)
Construction: 1 deck; 1 bulkhead; poop-deck 45ft; forecastle 17ft (3)

1812 wreck of English cargo vessel which stranded behind the South Pier, after grounding on the bar on her departure from Sunderland with coal; a wooden sailing vessel. `The WILLIAM PITT, Captain [?], of Sunderland, on going from that port on Saturday last, struck heavily on the bar, made so much water when she got to sea, that apprehensions were entertained for the safety of her crew. The life-boat went off with 24 men to assist in bringing her into harbour; but in consequence of the heavy sea, she was forced on shore to the southward of the pier, where it is feared she will be totally lost.' {Tyne Mercury 07-APR-1812, No.515 Page 3}.

1823 wreck of English sloop (from Cowes or Whitby) which stranded behind the South Pier on attempting Sunderland harbour during a gale; a wooden sailing vessel. May alternatively have been called the WILLIAM AND ANNE. The Master was Crozier. The crew was saved.

1810 wreck of Scottish (Pittenweem) sloop which stranded behind the South Pier at Sunderland en route to Scotland with lime. This wooden sailing vessel may have been recovered. The ELIZABETH AND PEGGY was wrecked in the same storm. `On Thursday morning, two sloops were on shore to the southward of Sunderland harbour...put back by the northerly winds...The other is the WILLIAM AND ANN, McCalpin, of Pittenweem, lime sloop; put back also, and is behind the South Pier. The hands were all saved, and the vessel will be got off when the weather moderates.' {Newcastle Courant 18-AUG-1810, No.6984 Page 4}

1826 wreck of English brig (from Lynn) which stranded behind the South Pier on attempting to enter Sunderland harbour; a wooden sailing vessel. Another ship called WILLIAM was wrecked off Sunderland in 1818 (HER 14091).

1821 wreck of English brig which stranded behind the South Pier on attempting to enter Sunderland harbour; a wooden sailing vessel. Date of loss was 4th or 5th MARCH 1821. Master was Hebson or Hobson.

1827 wreck of English schooner which stranded behind the South Pier on attempting to enter Sunderland during a gale. Possibly laden with coal, she was a wooden sailing vessel.

1819 wreck of English cargo vessel which stranded behind the South Pier on her departure from Sunderland. Laden with coal, she was a wooden sailing vessel. The crew was saved. The Master was Wilson.

1807 wreck of English craft which stranded behind the South Pier at Sunderland; a wooden sailing vessel. The ELIZA was wrecked in the same place the previous day.