South Shields, Herd Sand, Frisia (Fresia)

HER Number:
15104

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
South Shields, Herd Sand, Frisia (Fresia)

Place:
South Shields

Map Sheet:
NZ36NE

Class:
Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad:
Sailing Vessel

Site Type: Specific:
Schooner

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Wreckage

Description:
German schooner stranded in wind force 9 conditions, December 1871. Built: 1856 Master: Captain Hillen Adden Roben Crew: 6 Crew Lost: 3

Easting:
37900

Northing:
67300

Grid Reference:
NZ3790067300

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
National Monuments Record (996932); Boswell Whitaker 1980 Preservation of life from shipwreck, volume 2 : South Shields Volunteer Life Brigade Pages 77-81; United Kingdom shipwreck index [pre publication typescript]; 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