Herd Sand, Alexis Pierre Henri
Herd Sand, Alexis Pierre Henri
HER Number
14695
District
S Tyneside
Site Name
Herd Sand, Alexis Pierre Henri
Place
South Shields
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
Class
Maritime Craft
Site Type: Broad
Sailing Vessel <By Form>
Site Type: Specific
Lugger
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Wreckage
Description
The Alexis Pierre Henri, wrecked on the Herd Sand in a terrible gale of 4th and 5th January 1857, a French lugger.
Easting
437900
Northing
567300
Grid Reference
NZ437900567300
Sources
National Monuments Record (1364743); Boswell Whitaker 1979 Preservation of life from shipwreck, volume 1 : Skuetender lifeboat Page(s)93