Herd Sand, Constantine

HER Number

14689

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

Herd Sand, Constantine

Place

South Shields

Map Sheet

NZ36NE

Class

Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad

Transport Vessel

Site Type: Specific

Collier

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Wreckage

Description

1895 September 20th. The steamer CONSTANTINE, inward bound, was rounding the South Pier end, when she collided with the steamer TREVETHICK, outward bound. The CONSTANTINE was so badly damaged that she sank inside the harbour, close to the South Pier end. The lifeboats JAMES YOUNG, coxswain James Turnbull, and TOM PERRY, coxswain John L Burn, were launched. The crew of the CONSTANTINE, 17 in number, were picked up by the JAMES YOUNG

Easting

437900

Northing

567300

Grid Reference

NZ437900567300

Sources

National Monuments Record (1365533); Boswell Whitaker 1979 Preservation of life from shipwreck, volume 1 : Skuetender lifeboat Page(s)133; Boswell Whitaker 1980 Preservation of life from shipwreck, volume 2 : South Shields Volunteer Life Brigade Page(s)130