South Shields, Herd Sand, Junius

HER Number:
14826

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
South Shields, Herd Sand, Junius

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:
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 LIVELY...HAPPY RETURN...SAVANNAH...JUNIUS of Christiansand, OCEAN...all wrecked on the Herd Sand. Crew: 6

Easting:
37900

Northing:
67300

Grid Reference:
NZ3790067300

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
National Monuments Record (1363036); 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); Boswell Whitaker 1979 Preservation of life from shipwreck, volume 1 : Skuetender lifeboat Page(s)91-2