Herd Sand, Penelope

HER Number

14923

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

Herd Sand, Penelope

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

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Wreckage

Description

As a consequence of a tow line to a tug breaking when crossing the Bar, this schooner went ashore at 1pm, on the half ebb, and became a total wreck. Her crew were saved by the South Shields lifeboat in wind conditions WSW force 5. Estimated loss on the vessel, which was not insured, was 600 [sterling].
Built: 1812 Lost:1852
Master: Jeffery
Crew: 7

Easting

437900

Northing

567300

Grid Reference

NZ437900567300

Sources

National Monuments Record (987158); 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)