Herd Sand, Olaf Kyrre

HER Number

14688

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

Herd Sand, Olaf Kyrre

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

A Norwegian brig which got into difficulty during a storm in December 1882, crew saved by lifeboat. Master: Hans Andreasen
Crew: 8

Easting

437900

Northing

567300

Grid Reference

NZ437900567300

Sources

National Monuments Record (1366562); Boswell Whitaker 1979 Preservation of life from shipwreck, volume 1 : Skuetender lifeboat Page(s)118-124; Boswell Whitaker 1980 Preservation of life from shipwreck, volume 2 : South Shields Volunteer Life Brigade Page(s)109