South Shields, Herd Sand, Nyverheyd

HER Number:
14914

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
South Shields, Herd Sand, Nyverheyd

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:
Belgian brig which accepted the services of a tug whilst proceeding into Shields, but the tug kept too much to leeward, the tow line parted and the vessel drifted onto the sand at 5pm in wind conditions NE force 8, October 1859. Estimated financial loss on the vessel was 1,700 [sterling]. Built: 1819 Crew: 8

Easting:
37900

Northing:
67300

Grid Reference:
NZ3790067300

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
National Monuments Record (996756); 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 (CF)