Herd Sand, Saxon

HER Number

14947

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

Herd Sand, Saxon

Place

South Shields

Map Sheet

NZ36NE

Class

Maritime Craft

Site Type: Specific

Craft

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Wreckage

Description

23rd March 1870...On the same day a few hours later during that severe north-east gale, the SAXON of Montrose was wrecked on the Herd Sand. The lifeboats TYNE and NORTHUMBERLAND were launched again, and rescued her crew

Easting

437900

Northing

567300

Grid Reference

NZ437900567300

Sources

National Monuments Record (1365049); Boswell Whitaker 1979 Preservation of life from shipwreck, volume 1 : Skuetender lifeboat Page111