Herd Sand, Hilkea

HER Number

14810

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

Herd Sand, Hilkea

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

German Brig, wrecked 1859, having left London a week earlier, hired a tug to enter the harbour, but the tow line parted in heavy seas, wind conditions WNW force 6, so that she drove on to the pier end at 11.30pm and was wrecked.

Built: 1857
Crew: 8

Easting

437900

Northing

567000

Grid Reference

NZ437900567000

Sources

National Monuments Record (996741); 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