Herd Sand, Union
Herd Sand, Union
HER Number
14968
District
S Tyneside
Site Name
Herd Sand, Union
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
British schooner capsized and lost in wind condition SE force 8, 1854.
Crew: 4
Crew Lost: 4
Crew: 4
Crew Lost: 4
Easting
437900
Northing
567300
Grid Reference
NZ437900567300
Sources
National Monuments Record (1363015); 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)