Herd Sand, Ormsby Hall (Ormesby Hall)
Herd Sand, Ormsby Hall (Ormesby Hall)
HER Number
14917
District
S Tyneside
Site Name
Herd Sand, Ormsby Hall (Ormesby Hall)
Place
South Shields
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
Class
Maritime Craft
Site Type: Broad
Sailing Vessel <By Rig>
Site Type: Specific
Schooner
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Wreckage
Description
Schooner driven ashore on the Herd Sand, a little to the north of Souter Point, in wind conditions ENE force 7, thick and rainy, 1852.
Built: 1844
Master: Gurrey
Crew: 6
Built: 1844
Master: Gurrey
Crew: 6
Easting
437900
Northing
567300
Grid Reference
NZ437900567300
Sources
National Monuments Record (987130); 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)