The barque had three masts, but was square- rigged on only fore and main masts. On 3 May 1893, the Cordova was on passage from Sunderland for Iquiqui, when she foundered and was lost, following a collision with the Newcastle upon Tyne steamship Knarwater.

Steel, 1,143-ton, British steamship, registered at Newcastle upon Tyne. She was built in 1901 and owned by Robinson, Brown & Co. of Newcastle. At the time of loss she was owned by The Shipping Controller. Her single steel propeller was powered by a three-cylinder, triple-expansion steam engine that used one boiler.
One report says that on 1 August 1915 the Saga was in ballast on passage from Marseilles for the Tyne when she was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U28, four miles east-north-east of the River Wear. Ten of her crew are said to have died, but the book ‘British Vessels Lost at Sea’ (no reference given) reports that no lives were lost.
A further report by AJ Tennent in his book ‘British Merchant Ships Sunk by U-Boats in the 1914-1918 War’ (no reference given) says that on 14 February 1918, the Saga was on passage from Sunderland to Rouen, with a cargo of coal when she was torpedoes by the German U-boat and sunk four miles east-north-east of Sunderland.

The wreck lies on a seabed of fine sand and mud in a general depth of 40m. she is quite substantial, but most of the vessel has now collapsed, exposing her boiler, engine, condenser and donkey-engine. The highest section of 5m is around midships and her bows, which are covered in soft corals. Lots of broken machinery, bollards, winches, anchors, large sections of hollow mast and various pipes lie scattered among the collapsed steel plates.

Grid reference conversion made 09.02.2011 with http://gps.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/etrs89geo_natgrid.asp with Lat/Long referenced as N 54 56 2 W 01 15 55

Wreck of Clematis built in 1884 at Middlesbrough. On 18 April 1894, the Clematis was in ballast on passage from Stockton-on-Tees for Blyth, when she foundered and was lost following a collision with the steamship Beamish. The wreck is totally collapsed, well broken up, badly decayed and partially buried.

British steam collier built as the Begonia in 1899. On 8 December 1917, the Maindy Bridge was in ballast, on passage from Middlesbrough for the Tyne, when she was foundered after being torpedoes by the German submarine UC49 and two of her crew were lost.

Iron, 1,601-ton, 79.09m long, 10.49m beam, 5.89m draught, Russian steamship, registered at Wiborg. She was owned at the time of loss by Rederi Acktiebolager Ocean in Viborg and built as the Horace at John Readheads & Co. Ltd at South Shields in 1878. The single iron propeller was powered by a two-cylinder, compound-steam engine, using two boilers. She had one deck, four watertight bulkheads and a centrally positioned superstructure that consisted of a 29m quarter-deck, 18.2m bridge-deck and 9.1m forecastle
On 17 September 1902, the Atlantic was on a voyage from Sunderland to Crondstadt with a cargo of coal and twenty-one crew, under the command of Captain P.G. Lindroos, when she foundered and was lost, following a collision with the Newcastle-register steamship Twizell two miles north-east of Sunderland.

Very few local people have even heard of the Atlantic, yet in her time she was quite a substantial vessel. She lies partially buried, on a seabed of dirty sand and gravel, in a general depth of 26m, just to the North of the Sunderland spoil-ground. The wreck has now totally collapsed into a pile of debris, with the highest point being about 3m around her two boilers and engine, which are covered in silt, visibly exposed and surrounded by a pile of decayed, twisted plates and broken machinery.
Built: 1887
Builder: J Readhead & Co. Ltd.
Where Built: South Shields
Propulsion: Screw driven, 2 cylinder compound engine
HP: 164
Boilers: 2
Construction: 1 deck; 4 bulkheads; q'deck 95ft; b'deck 60ft; f'castle 30ft
Master: P G Lindroos
Crew: 21
Owner: Rederi Acktiebolager Ocean, Viborg

Steel, 1,240-ton, 70.1m long, 10.87m beam, 4.72m draught, British Steamship registered at the port of London. She was built at Campbeltown in 1916 by the Campbeltown Shipbuilding Co and owned by the South Metropolitan Gas Co. Her single steel propeller was powered by a three-cylinder, triple-expansion steam engine that used two boilers. Her machinery was built by D. Rowan & Co at Glasgow. She had a superstructure consisting of a 24m quarter-deck, a bridge-deck of 14.6m and a 7.9m forecastle. She also was armed with a 2.72 kg (6lb) stern-mounted deck gun.
On 31 January 1917, the Ravensbourne was steaming south at 9.5 knots on passage from Newcastle for London, with a crew of nineteen, when she detonated a German-laid mine at 10:40pm. A violent explosion rocked the midships section on the port side, blowing a massive hole into the engine room that killed the chief engineer, the second engineer and a donkeyman. The surviving crew abandoned ship in the starboard boat, as the vessel immediately began to sink, the port boat having been totally wrecked in the explosion. They had just cleared away from her, when the Ravensbourne went down, eight minutes after striking the mine. The Danish steamship Ajax picked up the sixteen survivors soon after and landed them on the Tyne quay at 5pm.

The wreck, believed to be that of the Ravensbourne is quite substantial and lying on a seabed of sand and stone in a general depth of 44m. The bridge structure and hull have collapsed down around the two boilers and are carpeted in lots of soft corals. However, the stern-end stands fairly intact with her deck gun and propeller still in place and lots of twisted steel plates; framework and copper pipes protrude from midships section, around the engine area. Lengths of her twisted and warped deck-railings lie criss-crossed over the wreck-site and a number of intact portholes can be seen amongst the debris. The NMR also has this ship listed under South Tyneside (NZ 46 SW 59, 1002342, 5 miles east of Souter Point)

Wreck of the Dutch steamship built in 1907 in Rotterdam. On 1 August 1916, the Zeeland was on passage from Methil for Rouen, when she was stopped by the German Submarine UB39. Her crew was forced to abandon the vessel which was then sunk by gun-fire, seven miles east of Sunderland.

British Steamship built in 1870. On 22 October 1906, the Abbotsford was carrying a general cargo on passage from Ghent for Leith when she foundered and was lost, following a collision with the steam trawler, Helen McGregor.

British steamship registered at Sunderland, built in 1875 by Short’s Co. Ltd at Sunderland. On 7 February 1881, she grounded close to the north pier at Sunderland.

Steamship Povena registered at the port of Bilbao, built at West Hartlepool, in May 1898. On the afternoon of 3 June 1899, the Povena was on passage from Bilbao for the Tyne when she struck the Whitestones Reef, one and a half miles south of the River Wear at Sunderland. She was refloated on the following tide and steamed on to the Tyne, but foundered and was lost soon after, possibly 5 June.