South Shields, Herd Sand, Indus

HER Number:
14813

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
South Shields, Herd Sand, Indus

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:
On Saturday morning 9th February 1861...during a terrific east-south-east gale... Later that morning, at 8am...Two hours later, the brig INDUS, coal laden, put back to the Tyne, owing to the gale, was wrecked on the Herd Sand. The lifeboat NORTHUMBERLAND put off and rescued the crew of 9.

Easting:
37900

Northing:
67300

Grid Reference:
NZ3790067300

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
National Monuments Record (1364793); Boswell Whitaker 1979 Preservation of life from shipwreck, volume 1 : Skuetender lifeboat Page(s)96-7