Herd Sand, Edward Cohen
Herd Sand, Edward Cohen
HER Number
14761
District
S Tyneside
Site Name
Herd Sand, Edward Cohen
Place
South Shields
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
Class
Maritime Craft
Site Type: Broad
Sailing Vessel <By Rig>
Site Type: Specific
Barque
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Wreckage
Description
American barque broke from her moorings and drove on the sand bank in westerly wind conditions and fog 1852.
Registered at Plymouth, Mass.
Master: Ripley
Crew: 13
Registered at Plymouth, Mass.
Master: Ripley
Crew: 13
Easting
437900
Northing
567300
Grid Reference
NZ437900567300
Sources
National Monuments Record (987154); 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)