South Shields, Herd Sand, Tyne

HER Number:
14685

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
South Shields, Herd Sand, Tyne

Place:
South Shields

Map Sheet:
NZ36NE

Class:
Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad:
Transport Vessel

Site Type: Specific:
Cargo Vessel

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Wreckage

Description:
1876 wreck of English cargo vessel which stranded at the back of the Pier, South Shields, on her departure from the River Tyne; an iron screw steamer with additional sails. Built: 1863 Builder: T Richardson & Son Where Built: Newcastle-upon-Tyne Propulsion: Screw driven, 2 cylinder compound inverted engine HP: 70 Boilers: 1 Machinery: R & W Hawthorn Construction: 1 deck; 3 bulkheads Master: Andrew Lawlan Owner: G Otto, North Shields

Easting:
37900

Northing:
67300

Grid Reference:
NZ3790067300

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
National Monuments Record (1365154); 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);Boswell Whitaker 1980 Preservation of life from shipwreck, volume 2 : South Shields Volunteer Life Brigade Page(s)87-9, 91;Dick Keys and Ken Smith 2000 Steamers at the Staiths: Steam Colliers of the North-East 1841-1945 Page(s)23