Herd Sand, Lively

HER Number

14831

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

Herd Sand, Lively

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 a gale 9th January 1854. At the tail end of the gale the three lifeboats were out again for the LIVELY...HAPPY RETURN...SAVANNAH...JUNIUS (HER 14826) of Christiansand, OCEAN...all wrecked on the Herd Sand.

Easting

437900

Northing

567300

Grid Reference

NZ437900567300

Sources

National Monuments Record (1363279); Boswell Whitaker 1979 Preservation of life from shipwreck, volume 1 : Skuetender lifeboat Page(s)91-2