Herd Sand, Anns (Anne)
Herd Sand, Anns (Anne)
HER Number
14700
District
S Tyneside
Site Name
Herd Sand, Anns (Anne)
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
Shields 4th January - The following vessels have been driven on the rocks in taking the bar during a severe gale from SSE: the ANNS of this port, the ARETHUSA, NEW MESSENGER, ELIZA of Kirkwall; the crew of the latter vessel drowned, all the others saved. The vessels stranded on the rocks have become wrecks; stores are being saved.
Easting
437900
Northing
567300
Grid Reference
NZ437900567300
Sources
National Monuments Record (1316428); Boswell Whitaker 1979 Preservation of life from shipwreck, volume 1 : Skuetender lifeboat Page(s)91-92; 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); Boswell Whitaker 1980 Preservation of life from shipwreck, volume 2 : South Shields Volunteer Life Brigade
Page(s)21; Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 06-JAN-1854, No.12414 Page(s)5
Section 6, County Durham (CF); Boswell Whitaker 1980 Preservation of life from shipwreck, volume 2 : South Shields Volunteer Life Brigade
Page(s)21; Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 06-JAN-1854, No.12414 Page(s)5