Herd Sand, Frontiersman
Herd Sand, Frontiersman
HER Number
14684
District
S Tyneside
Site Name
Herd Sand, Frontiersman
Place
South Shields
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
Class
Maritime Craft
Site Type: Broad
Sailing Vessel <By Form/Type>
Site Type: Specific
Lugger
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Wreckage
Description
The Frontiersman, a lugger, parted from her moorings [at the yacht club] and drove ashore 50 yards from Herd Sand in wind conditions NNW force 8.
Built: 1888
Owner: Commandant Orde, Legion of F'man [sic]
Built: 1888
Owner: Commandant Orde, Legion of F'man [sic]
Easting
437900
Northing
567300
Grid Reference
NZ437900567300
Sources
National Monuments Record (1001954); 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); United Kingdom shipwreck index [pre publication typescript]