Herd Sand, Bertha
Herd Sand, Bertha
HER Number
14710
District
S Tyneside
Site Name
Herd Sand, Bertha
Place
South Shields
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
Class
Maritime Craft
Site Type: Broad
Sailing Vessel <By Form/Type>
Site Type: Specific
Galliot
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Wreckage
Description
October 20th 1881, the Norwegian galliot BERTHA was wrecked on the Herd Sand. The lifeboats TOM PERRY and TYNE were launched; the TOM PERRY being the first alongside the casualty, picked up Captain Olsen, and the rest of the crew. The coxswain of the TOM PERRY was Andrew Harrison, second coxswain John Landers Burn.
Easting
437900
Northing
567300
Grid Reference
NZ437900567300
Sources
National Monuments Record (1366555); Boswell Whitaker 1979 Preservation of life from shipwreck, volume 1 : Skuetender lifeboat Page(s)116