Herd Sand, Dorotheys (Dorothy)
Herd Sand, Dorotheys (Dorothy)
HER Number
14756
District
S Tyneside
Site Name
Herd Sand, Dorotheys (Dorothy)
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
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Form of Evidence
Wreckage
Description
1852. 13th November. DOROTHY of South Shields wrecked on Herd Sand.
Built: 1777
Master: Burdon
Crew: 8
Built: 1777
Master: Burdon
Crew: 8
Easting
437900
Northing
567300
Grid Reference
NZ437900567300
Sources
National Monuments Record (987143); United Kingdom shipwreck index [pre publication typescript; 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 1979 Preservation of life from shipwreck, volume 1 : Skuetender lifeboat Page(s)91