Herd Sand, Nyverheyd
Herd Sand, Nyverheyd
HER Number
14914
District
S Tyneside
Site Name
Herd Sand, Nyverheyd
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
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Form of Evidence
Wreckage
Description
Belgian brig which accepted the services of a tug whilst proceeding into Shields, but the tug kept too much to leeward, the tow line parted and the vessel drifted onto the sand at 5pm in wind conditions NE force 8, October 1859. Estimated financial loss on the vessel was 1,700 [sterling].
Built: 1819
Crew: 8
Built: 1819
Crew: 8
Easting
437900
Northing
567300
Grid Reference
NZ437900567300
Sources
National Monuments Record (996756); 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 (CF)