Herd Sand, Profit

HER Number

14926

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

Herd Sand, Profit

Place

South Shields

Map Sheet

NZ36NE

Class

Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad

Transport Vessel

Site Type: Specific

Cargo Vessel

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Wreckage

Description

1853 25th February. MAY QUEEN of Peterborough and PROFIT of Newcastle wrecked on Herd Sand

Easting

437900

Northing

567300

Grid Reference

NZ437900567300

Sources

National Monuments Record (1362561); Boswell Whitaker 1979 Preservation of life from shipwreck, volume 1 : Skuetender lifeboat Page91