South Shields, Herd Sand, Providence Lifeboat

HER Number:
14256

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
South Shields, Herd Sand, Providence Lifeboat

Place:
South Shields

Map Sheet:
NZ36NE

Class:
Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad:
Service Vessel

Site Type: Specific:
Lifeboat

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Wreckage

Description:
In December 1849 the PROVIDENCE lifeboat overturned in a storm while trying to rescue the crew of the brig BETSY which had run aground on the Herd Sand. 20 pilots who were manning the lifeboat were drowned.

Easting:
37

Northing:
67

Grid Reference:
NZ3767

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Dick Keys and Ken Smith, 1998, Black Diamonds by Sea - North-East Sailing Colliers 1780-1880, p 28