Herd Sand, Armida
Herd Sand, Armida
HER Number
14704
District
S Tyneside
Site Name
Herd Sand, Armida
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
Prussian Brig, 1854. The nationality of the vessel is expressed as both German and Polish since the Prussian port of Stettin is now the port of Szczecin in modern Poland.
Crew: 10
Crew: 10
Easting
437900
Northing
567300
Grid Reference
NZ437900567300
Sources
National Monuments Record (1363038); 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)
Section 6, County Durham (CF)