Herd Sand, Hypolite Marie (Paulette Marie)

HER Number

14812

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

Herd Sand, Hypolite Marie (Paulette Marie)

Place

South Shields

Map Sheet

NZ36NE

Class

Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad

Transport Vessel

Site Type: Specific

Cargo Vessel

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Wreckage

Description

FRENCH CARGO VESSEL, 1852 Wrecked on the Herd Sand through stress of weather at 3pm and high water, the wind conditions being ENE force 7. The opinion of the local coastguard regarding the loss was due to `mistaking the bar, and misled by seeing two brigs on shore, which were thought to be at anchor.'

Easting

437900

Northing

567300

Grid Reference

NZ437900567300

Sources

National Monuments Record (987113); 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 (CF); Boswell Whitaker 1979 Preservation of life from shipwreck, volume 1 : Skuetender lifeboat Page(s)90