Herd Sand, Flying Huntsman
Herd Sand, Flying Huntsman
HER Number
14772
District
S Tyneside
Site Name
Herd Sand, Flying Huntsman
Place
South Shields
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
Class
Maritime Craft
Site Type: Broad
Fishing Vessel
Site Type: Specific
Trawler
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Wreckage
Description
Vessel foundered and lost on the bar in wind conditions NE force 10, 1880. Built: 1863
Propulsion: Screw driven, 2 cylinder compound engine
Boilers: 1
Master: A Bartram
Crew: 7
Crew Lost: 7
Owner: J Lukey, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Propulsion: Screw driven, 2 cylinder compound engine
Boilers: 1
Master: A Bartram
Crew: 7
Crew Lost: 7
Owner: J Lukey, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Easting
437900
Northing
567300
Grid Reference
NZ437900567300
Sources
National Monuments Record (1365225); 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)99-100, 116; Boswell Whitaker 1980 Preservation of life from shipwreck, volume 3 : Tynemouth Volunteer Life Brigade Page(s)58