Maritime record LWT 740 - Wreck of the Branch

1833 wreck of British collier which stranded on the Newcome Sand en route from Sunderland to Portsmouth. Thought to have been laden with coal, she was a wooden sailing vessel.
Status: Casualty

`Dover, 19th December -...from Sunderland to Portsmouth, was totally lost on the Newcome Sand, 16th instant. Crew saved.' (2)

16-DEC, BRANCH, Sunderland to Portsmouth, lost on Newcombe Sand. (3)

'The BRANCH, Gibson, from Sunderland to Portsmouth, was lost on the Newcome Sand on the 16th instant. Crew saved.' (4)

NB: Source (1) states the cargo as being coal, not explicitly given in sources (2)(3) and (4). Coal was certainly the chief export from Sunderland, particularly to Portsmouth, so this is a plausible attribution, but it should be borne in mind that this is not the only possible cargo, particularly at this period, during the Industrial Revolution.

Master: Gibson (1)(2)(4)

Date of Loss Qualifier: Actual date of loss