South Shields, Herd Sand, Jane (Jean?)

HER Number:
14819

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
South Shields, Herd Sand, Jane (Jean?)

Place:
South Shields

Map Sheet:
NZ36NE

Class:
Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad:
Sailing Vessel

Site Type: Specific:
Schooner

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Wreckage

Description:
Sunday 8th January 1854. Eleven ships were wrecked on the Herd Sand between 9pm and 2am Monday morning....JEAN of Inverness...The full complement of those eleven ships were safely landed without loss or injury. (Whitaker 1979) Larn states the name of the vessel as JANE. Crew: 5

Easting:
37900

Northing:
67300

Grid Reference:
NZ3790067300

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
National Monuments Record (1363049); Boswell Whitaker 1979 Preservation of life from shipwreck, volume 1 : Skuetender lifeboat Page92; 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)