Herd Sand, Gleaner
Herd Sand, Gleaner
HER Number
14781
District
S Tyneside
Site Name
Herd Sand, Gleaner
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
Vessel stranded and lost at the entrance to the Tyne in wind conditions ESE force 7, 1872. Built: 1848
Master: W Gair
Crew: 6-7
Crew Lost: 2
Owner: J Herron, North Shields
Master: W Gair
Crew: 6-7
Crew Lost: 2
Owner: J Herron, North Shields
Easting
437900
Northing
567300
Grid Reference
NZ437900567300
Sources
National Monuments Record (996948); 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)113-4