South Shields, Herd Sand, Tyne

HER Number:
14964

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
South Shields, Herd Sand, Tyne

Place:
South Shields

Map Sheet:
NZ36NE

Class:
Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad:
Sailing Vessel

Site Type: Specific:
Smack

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Wreckage

Description:
Vessel stranded and lost after breaking her tow rope to a tug in wind conditions ENE force 5, causing her to drift ashore before sail could be set, 1857. Built: 1857

Easting:
37900

Northing:
67300

Grid Reference:
NZ3790067300

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
National Monuments Record (1364750); 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)