South Shields, Herd Sand, Reaper

HER Number:
15111

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
South Shields, Herd Sand, Reaper

Place:
South Shields

Map Sheet:
NZ36NE

Class:
Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad:
Sailing Vessel

Site Type: Specific:
Brigantine

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Wreckage

Description:
Channel Island Brigantine lost in force 10 gales, February 1881. Built: 1864 Where Built: Guernsey Master: George Game Crew: 9 saved Owner: R M Lelean & Co., Guernsey

Easting:
37900

Northing:
67300

Grid Reference:
NZ3790067300

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
National Monuments Record (997143); Boswell Whitaker 1980 Preservation of life from shipwreck, volume 2 : South Shields Volunteer Life Brigade Page(s) 102-4; 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); United Kingdom shipwreck index