Herd Sand, Brother
Herd Sand, Brother
HER Number
14719
District
S Tyneside
Site Name
Herd Sand, Brother
Place
South Shields
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
Class
Maritime Craft
Site Type: Broad
Transport Vessel
Site Type: Specific
Cargo Vessel
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Wreckage
Description
1841 wreck of English cargo vessel which stranded on the Herd Sand on her departure from the Tyne with coal. Constructed of wood, she was a sailing vessel. Newcastle Courant 10th September 1841:
'On September 4th while the BROTHER owned by Warner of Yarmouth, a vessel coal-laden, was attempting to go to sea, it blowing at north-east at the time, a heavy sea, got on the Herdsand, by four o'clock in the afternoon, she fell over and went to pieces, scarcely a vestige of her was to be seen, on the following morning, the crew were saved by the lifeboat.'
'On September 4th while the BROTHER owned by Warner of Yarmouth, a vessel coal-laden, was attempting to go to sea, it blowing at north-east at the time, a heavy sea, got on the Herdsand, by four o'clock in the afternoon, she fell over and went to pieces, scarcely a vestige of her was to be seen, on the following morning, the crew were saved by the lifeboat.'
Easting
437900
Northing
567300
Grid Reference
NZ437900567300
Sources
National Monuments Record (1362139); Boswell Whitaker 1979 Preservation of life from shipwreck, volume 1 : Skuetender lifeboat Page(s)68