South Shields, Herd Sand, Bonne Virgine (Bonne Vierge)

HER Number:
14715

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
South Shields, Herd Sand, Bonne Virgine (Bonne Vierge)

Place:
South Shields

Map Sheet:
NZ36NE

Class:
Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad:

Site Type: Specific:
Craft

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Wreckage

Description:
Sunday, 8th January 1854. Eleven ships were wrecked on the Herd Sand between 9pm and 2am Monday morning...BON VIRGINE [sic] of France...The full complement of those eleven ships were safely landed without loss or injury, 87 seamen all told.

Easting:
37900

Northing:
67300

Grid Reference:
NZ3790067300

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
National Monuments Record (1363142); Boswell Whitaker 1979 Preservation of life from shipwreck, volume 1 : Skuetender lifeboat Page(s91-92