Tyne and Wear HER(14684): South Shields, Herd Sand, Frontiersman - Details
14684
S Tyneside
South Shields, Herd Sand, Frontiersman
South Shields
NZ36NE
Maritime Craft
Sailing Vessel
Lugger
Early Modern
C19
Wreckage
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]
37900
67300
NZ3790067300
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]