South Shields, Herd Sand, Frontiersman

Tyne and Wear HER(14684): South Shields, Herd Sand, Frontiersman - Details

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HER Number:
14684

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
South Shields, Herd Sand, Frontiersman

Place:
South Shields

Map Sheet:
NZ36NE

Class:
Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad:
Sailing Vessel

Site Type: Specific:
Lugger

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Wreckage

Description:
The Frontiersman, a lugger, parted from her moorings [at the yacht club] and drove ashore 50 yards from Herd Sand in wind conditions NNW force 8. Built: 1888 Owner: Commandant Orde, Legion of F'man [sic]

Easting:
37900

Northing:
67300

Grid Reference:
NZ3790067300

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
National Monuments Record (1001954); Richard and Bridget Larn 1997 Shipwreck index of the British Isles, volume 3. The east coast of England : Essex, Suffolk, Norfolk, Lincolnshire, Yorkshire, County Durham, Northumberland Section 6, County Durham (CF); United Kingdom shipwreck index [pre publication typescript]

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