South Shields, Herd Sand, Bertha

HER Number:
14710

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
South Shields, Herd Sand, Bertha

Place:
South Shields

Map Sheet:
NZ36NE

Class:
Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad:
Sailing Vessel

Site Type: Specific:
Galliot

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Wreckage

Description:
October 20th 1881, the Norwegian galliot BERTHA was wrecked on the Herd Sand. The lifeboats TOM PERRY and TYNE were launched; the TOM PERRY being the first alongside the casualty, picked up Captain Olsen, and the rest of the crew. The coxswain of the TOM PERRY was Andrew Harrison, second coxswain John Landers Burn.

Easting:
37900

Northing:
67300

Grid Reference:
NZ3790067300

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
National Monuments Record (1366555); Boswell Whitaker 1979 Preservation of life from shipwreck, volume 1 : Skuetender lifeboat Page(s)116