Herd Sand, Aurora

HER Number

14706

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

Herd Sand, Aurora

Place

South Shields

Map Sheet

NZ36NE

Class

Maritime Craft

Site Type: Specific

Craft

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Wreckage

Description

Sunday, 8th January 1854. Eleven ships were wrecked on the Herd Sand between 9pm and 2am Monday morning. First was the AURORA of Sunderland...The full complement of those eleven ships were safely landed without loss or injury, 87 seamen all told

Easting

437900

Northing

567300

Grid Reference

NZ437900567300

Sources

National Monuments Record (1363108); Boswell Whitaker 1979 Preservation of life from shipwreck, volume 1 : Skuetender lifeboat Page(s)91-92