Herd Sand, Herman Sauber
Herd Sand, Herman Sauber
HER Number
14809
District
S Tyneside
Site Name
Herd Sand, Herman Sauber
Place
South Shields
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
Class
Maritime Craft
Site Type: Broad
Transport Vessel
Site Type: Specific
Collier
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Wreckage
Description
1876 wreck of German collier which stranded on the Herd Sand on her second attempt to enter the Tyne from Hamburg in southerly gales, diverted from her intended destination of Sunderland in ballast. She was an iron steamer. Master: Kroger or Vogel
Crew: 19, all saved by Willie Woodhave lifeboat
Crew: 19, all saved by Willie Woodhave lifeboat
Easting
437900
Northing
567300
Grid Reference
NZ437900567300
Sources
National Monuments Record (1365126); Boswell Whitaker 1979 Preservation of life from shipwreck, volume 1 : Skuetender lifeboat Page(s)114; Dick Keys and Ken Smith 2000 Steamers at the Staiths: Steam Colliers of the North-East 1841-1945 Page(s)23