South Shields, Herd Sand, Anns (Anne)

HER Number:
14700

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
South Shields, Herd Sand, Anns (Anne)

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:
Shields 4th January - The following vessels have been driven on the rocks in taking the bar during a severe gale from SSE: the ANNS of this port, the ARETHUSA, NEW MESSENGER, ELIZA of Kirkwall; the crew of the latter vessel drowned, all the others saved. The vessels stranded on the rocks have become wrecks; stores are being saved.

Easting:
37900

Northing:
67300

Grid Reference:
NZ3790067300

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
National Monuments Record (1316428); Boswell Whitaker 1979 Preservation of life from shipwreck, volume 1 : Skuetender lifeboat Page(s)91-92; 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)21; Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 06-JAN-1854, No.12414 Page(s)5