South Shields, Herd Sand, Marie Elizabeth

HER Number:
14897

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
South Shields, Herd Sand, Marie Elizabeth

Place:
South Shields

Map Sheet:
NZ36NE

Class:
Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad:
Sailing Vessel

Site Type: Specific:
Barque

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Wreckage

Description:
This Norwegian vessel drove ashore on Herd Sand in ENE force 7 wind conditions, with fog and rain, for want of sufficient seamen to make sail and work the ship. She went ashore at 8pm on a quarter ebb, £1,200 being the estimated loss on the vessel, which was uninsured, as was her cargo, valued at £10,000. Built: 1848 Master: H J Pavel Crew: 12 Crew Lost: 6

Easting:
37900

Northing:
67300

Grid Reference:
NZ3790067300

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
National Monuments Record (987140); 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); United Kingdom Shipwreck Index