South Shields, Herd Sand, Medium

HER Number:
14906

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
South Shields, Herd Sand, Medium

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:
Left Liverpool at noon on 09-JAN, arriving off Shields on 27-JAN 1860, but when proceeding towards the Herd buoy under tow of a tug, the latter proving incapable of towing the barque to windward, her master cast off the tow rope. Having refused her helm in wind conditions NE force 8 and squally, she drove on the sand at 5.20pm to become a total loss. Estimated financial loss on the vessel was 2,200 [sterling]. Built: 1852 Crew: 15

Easting:
37900

Northing:
67300

Grid Reference:
NZ3790067300

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
National Monuments Record (996767); 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