Herd Sand, Duff
Herd Sand, Duff
HER Number
14758
District
S Tyneside
Site Name
Herd Sand, Duff
Place
South Shields
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
Class
Maritime Craft
Site Type: Broad
Sailing Vessel <By Rig>
Site Type: Specific
Brigantine
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Wreckage
Description
Vessel stranded and lost in wind conditions E force 9, 1872. Built: 1841
Maser: Charles Sims
Crew: 7
Crew Lost: 2
Owner: J Byerly
Maser: Charles Sims
Crew: 7
Crew Lost: 2
Owner: J Byerly
Easting
437900
Northing
567300
Grid Reference
NZ437900567300
Sources
National Monuments Record (1032002); United Kingdom shipwreck index [pre publication typescript]; Peter Collings 1988 The illustrated dictionary of north east shipwrecks Page(s)45; 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)82-3