South Shields, Herd Sand, Jacob Rothenberg (Jacob Rothenburg)

Tyne and Wear HER(15112): South Shields, Herd Sand, Jacob Rothenberg (Jacob Rothenburg) - Details

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HER Number:
15112

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
South Shields, Herd Sand, Jacob Rothenberg (Jacob Rothenburg)

Place:
South Shields

Map Sheet:
NZ36NE

Class:
Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad:
Sailing Vessel

Site Type: Specific:
Barque

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Wreckage

Description:
1878 wreck of German barque which grounded, then stranded on the south side of the South Pier, on her arrival from London in ballast; a wooden sailing vessel. Built: 1868 Master: F Wilde Crew: 7 Passengers: 1 Owner: Reichmineister & Valling, Rostock

Easting:
37900

Northing:
67300

Grid Reference:
NZ3790067300

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
National Monuments Record (997046); Boswell Whitaker 1980 Preservation of life from shipwreck, volume 2 : South Shields Volunteer Life Brigade Page(s) 93-95; 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

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