Herd Sand, Harmony

HER Number

14803

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

Herd Sand, Harmony

Place

South Shields

Map Sheet

NZ36NE

Class

Maritime Craft

Site Type: Specific

Craft

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Wreckage

Description

Wrecked in the gales of January 1854. 4th January, Wednesday...HARMONY, ANY, and ELISABETH of Shields...wrecked on Herd Sand.

Easting

437900

Northing

567300

Grid Reference

NZ437900567300

Sources

National Monuments Record (1363027); Boswell Whitaker 1979 Preservation of life from shipwreck, volume 1 : Skuetender lifeboat Page(s)91-2