South Shields, Herd Sand, Hilkea

HER Number:
14810

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
South Shields, Herd Sand, Hilkea

Place:
South Shields

Map Sheet:
NZ36NE

Class:
Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad:
Sailing Vessel

Site Type: Specific:
Brigantine

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Wreckage

Description:
German Brig, wrecked 1859, having left London a week earlier, hired a tug to enter the harbour, but the tow line parted in heavy seas, wind conditions WNW force 6, so that she drove on to the pier end at 11.30pm and was wrecked. Built: 1857 Crew: 8

Easting:
37900

Northing:
67300

Grid Reference:
NZ3790067300

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
National Monuments Record (996741); United Kingdom shipwreck index [pre publication typescript]; 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