Herd Sand, Sir William Wallace
Herd Sand, Sir William Wallace
HER Number
14406
District
S Tyneside
Site Name
Herd Sand, Sir William Wallace
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
SCOTTISH SCHOONER, 23rd February 1853, wrecked on Herd Sand.
Crew: 7
Crew Lost: 7
Passengers: 2
Passengers Lost: 2
Crew: 7
Crew Lost: 7
Passengers: 2
Passengers Lost: 2
Easting
437000
Northing
568000
Grid Reference
NZ437000568000
Sources
National Monuments Record (1362241); 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)91