Herd Sand, Spero Meliora
Herd Sand, Spero Meliora
HER Number
15113
District
S Tyneside
Site Name
Herd Sand, Spero Meliora
Place
South Shields
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
Class
Maritime Craft
Site Type: Broad
Craft
Site Type: Specific
Coble
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Wreckage
Description
English coble 1891, went ashore while leaving the harbour in force 4 gales. Master: W Taylor
Crew: 2
Crew Lost: 2
Owner: W Middlemiss, North Shields
Crew: 2
Crew Lost: 2
Owner: W Middlemiss, North Shields
Easting
437900
Northing
567300
Grid Reference
NZ437900567300
Sources
National Monuments Record (1365414); 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);
Section 6, County Durham (CF);