Herd Sand, Frisia (Fresia)
Herd Sand, Frisia (Fresia)
HER Number
15104
District
S Tyneside
Site Name
Herd Sand, Frisia (Fresia)
Place
South Shields
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
Class
Maritime Craft
Site Type: Broad
Sailing Vessel <By Rig>
Site Type: Specific
Schooner
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Wreckage
Description
German schooner stranded in wind force 9 conditions, December 1871. Built: 1856
Master: Captain Hillen Adden Roben
Crew: 6
Crew Lost: 3
Master: Captain Hillen Adden Roben
Crew: 6
Crew Lost: 3
Easting
437900
Northing
567300
Grid Reference
NZ437900567300
Sources
National Monuments Record (996932); Boswell Whitaker 1980 Preservation of life from shipwreck, volume 2 : South Shields Volunteer Life Brigade Pages 77-81; 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