Herd Sand, Marco

HER Number

14838

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

Herd Sand, Marco

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...MARCO of London, wrecked on Herd Sand

Easting

437900

Northing

567000

Grid Reference

NZ437900567000

Sources

National Monuments Record (1363032); Boswell Whitaker 1979 Preservation of life from shipwreck, volume 1 : Skuetender lifeboat Page(s)91-2