South Shields, Herd Sand, Active

HER Number:
14691

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
South Shields, Herd Sand, Active

Place:
South Shields

Map Sheet:
NZ36NE

Class:
Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad:
Sailing Vessel

Site Type: Specific:
Brigantine

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Wreckage

Description:
Vessel foundered off Souter Point in wind condiitons W force 4 whilst under tow. NB: While under tow at After leaving Whitstable on New Year's Day, arrived off Hartlepool, her ballast having shifted, and almost unmanageable due to stress of weather; the wind conditions being E x N force 12 with snow, causing her to drive ashore at 3 pm to become a total wreck January 1857. Built: 1846 Crew: 7

Easting:
37900

Northing:
67300

Grid Reference:
NZ3790067300

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
National Monuments Record (987237); 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]; Boswell Whitaker 1979 Preservation of life from shipwreck, volume 1 : Skuetender lifeboat Page(s)93