South Shields, Herd Sand, Happy Return

HER Number:
14802

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
South Shields, Herd Sand, Happy Return

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:
Wrecked in the gales of January 1854. 9th January 1854. At the tail end of the same gale the three lifeboats were out again for the...HAPPY RETURN of Goole...wrecked on the Herd Sand.

Easting:
37900

Northing:
67300

Grid Reference:
NZ3790067300

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
National Monuments Record (1363280); Boswell Whitaker 1979 Preservation of life from shipwreck, volume 1 : Skuetender lifeboat Page(s)91-2