South Shields, Herd Sand, Wonga

HER Number:
14977

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
South Shields, Herd Sand, Wonga

Place:
South Shields

Map Sheet:
NZ36NE

Class:
Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad:
Fishing Vessel

Site Type: Specific:
Trawler

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Wreckage

Description:
Three vessels were destoyed in gales on the 27th and 28th of October 1880. [Quoted from the Shields Gazette of 30.10.1880] "Soon after the loss of the schooner JOHANNA at about 8.20, the signal guns again announced a vessel in distress, the men of the Tynemouth and South Shields Volunteer Life Brigades observed a wooden trawler, later proved to be the WONGA, entering the harbour close to the North Pier end. In an instant she was struck by a heavy sea, turned bottom up, then sank, all on board perished." (Whitaker) Built: 1875 Propulsion: Screw driven, 2 cylinder compound engine Boilers: 1 Master: J Potten Crew: 6 Crew Lost: 6 Owner: J Hunter & Percy Main, New Zealand

Easting:
37900

Northing:
67300

Grid Reference:
NZ3790067300

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
National Monuments Record (1365219); 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); Boswell Whitaker 1980 Preservation of life from shipwreck, volume 2 : South Shields Volunteer Life Brigade Page(s)99-100; Boswell Whitaker 1980 Preservation of life from shipwreck, volume 3 : Tynemouth Volunteer Life Brigade Page(s)58