Herd Sand, Tyne

Herd Sand, Tyne

HER Number
14964
District
S Tyneside
Site Name
Herd Sand, Tyne
Place
South Shields
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
Class
Maritime Craft
Site Type: Broad
Sailing Vessel <By Form/Type>
Site Type: Specific
Smack
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
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
437900
Northing
567300
Grid Reference
NZ437900567300
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)