Herd Sand, Jane and Margaret

HER Number

14821

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

Herd Sand, Jane and Margaret

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. Sunday, 8th January. Eleven ships were wrecked on the Herd Sand between 9pm and 2am Monday morning...JANE AND MARGARET of Newcastle...The full complement of those eleven ships were safely landed without loss or injury, 87 seamen all told.

Easting

437900

Northing

567300

Grid Reference

NZ437900567300

Sources

National Monuments Record (1363141); Boswell Whitaker 1979 Preservation of life from shipwreck, volume 1 : Skuetender lifeboat Page(s)91-2