Herd Sand, Fly

HER Number

14771

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

Herd Sand, Fly

Place

South Shields

Map Sheet

NZ36NE

Class

Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad

Sailing Vessel <By Rig>

Site Type: Specific

Brigantine

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Wreckage

Description

On Saturday 11th March, 1865, the brig FLY of Seaham, while returning to the Tyne, for shelter during a howling easterly gale, blew to the Herd Sand. The lifeboat TYNE got alongside, and just as the last man jumped into the lifeboat, the FLY went to pieces. The rescued were: Mr Allen, master; Mr Seamer, mate; Mr Thomas, able seaman; Mr West, able seaman; Mr Ward, able seaman; and a boy apprentice called Miller.

Master: Allen
Crew: 6

Easting

437900

Northing

567300

Grid Reference

NZ437900567300

Sources

National Monuments Record (1364917); Boswell Whitaker 1979 Preservation of life from shipwreck, volume 1 : Skuetender lifeboat Page(s)105-6