South Shields, Herd Sand, Pekin

HER Number:
14922

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
South Shields, Herd Sand, Pekin

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:
Whilst going out of the harbour in gloomy weather conditions, wind N force 5, the towing hawser of a tug parted and with no sail set, the barque drifted ashore and became a total wreck. Built: 1841 Wrecked:1856 Where Built: Newcastle-upon-Tyne Master: W Steel Owner: Ingo & Co.

Easting:
37900

Northing:
67300

Grid Reference:
NZ3790067300

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
National Monuments Record (987206); 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)