Herd Sand, Ann

HER Number

14699

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

Herd Sand, Ann

Place

South Shields

Map Sheet

NZ36NE

Class

Maritime Craft

Site Type: Specific

Craft

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Wreckage

Description

During a gale of February 10th 1871, there were six casualties in the estuary: the REMEMBRANCE...JANE...ANN of London...JABEZ...BRITISH QUEEN...and VALLIANT...all were wrecked on the Herd Sand. The lifeboats TYNE and NORTHUMBERLAND went off to the rescue with great success, except in the case of the JABEZ, which broke up so quickly, that all the crew were drowned.

Easting

437900

Northing

567300

Grid Reference

NZ437900567300

Sources

National Monuments Record (1365682); Boswell Whitaker 1979 Preservation of life from shipwreck, volume 1 : Skuetender lifeboat Page(s)112