Tyne and Wear HER(14809): South Shields, Herd Sand, Herman Sauber - Details
14809
S Tyneside
South Shields, Herd Sand, Herman Sauber
South Shields
NZ36NE
Maritime Craft
Transport Vessel
Collier
Early Modern
C19
Wreckage
1876 wreck of German collier which stranded on the Herd Sand on her second attempt to enter the Tyne from Hamburg in southerly gales, diverted from her intended destination of Sunderland in ballast. She was an iron steamer. Master: Kroger or Vogel
Crew: 19, all saved by Willie Woodhave lifeboat
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National Monuments Record (1365126); Boswell Whitaker 1979 Preservation of life from shipwreck, volume 1 : Skuetender lifeboat Page(s)114; Dick Keys and Ken Smith 2000 Steamers at the Staiths: Steam Colliers of the North-East 1841-1945 Page(s)23