South Shields, Herd Sand, Flying Huntsman

HER Number:
14772

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
South Shields, Herd Sand, Flying Huntsman

Place:
South Shields

Map Sheet:
NZ36NE

Class:
Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad:
Fishing Vessel

Site Type: Specific:
Trawler

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Wreckage

Description:
Vessel foundered and lost on the bar in wind conditions NE force 10, 1880. Built: 1863 Propulsion: Screw driven, 2 cylinder compound engine Boilers: 1 Master: A Bartram Crew: 7 Crew Lost: 7 Owner: J Lukey, Newcastle-upon-Tyne

Easting:
37900

Northing:
67300

Grid Reference:
NZ3790067300

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
National Monuments Record (1365225); 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)99-100, 116; Boswell Whitaker 1980 Preservation of life from shipwreck, volume 3 : Tynemouth Volunteer Life Brigade Page(s)58