Herd Sand, Wonga
Herd Sand, Wonga
HER Number
14977
District
S Tyneside
Site Name
Herd Sand, Wonga
Place
South Shields
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
Class
Maritime Craft
Site Type: Broad
Fishing Vessel
Site Type: Specific
Trawler
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Wreckage
Description
Three vessels were destoyed in gales on the 27th and 28th of October 1880.
[Quoted from the Shields Gazette of 30.10.1880]
"Soon after the loss of the schooner JOHANNA at about 8.20, the signal guns again announced a vessel in distress, the men of the Tynemouth and South Shields Volunteer Life Brigades observed a wooden trawler, later proved to be the WONGA, entering the harbour close to the North Pier end. In an instant she was struck by a heavy sea, turned bottom up, then sank, all on board perished." (Whitaker) Built: 1875
Propulsion: Screw driven, 2 cylinder compound engine
Boilers: 1
Master: J Potten
Crew: 6
Crew Lost: 6
Owner: J Hunter & Percy Main, New Zealand
[Quoted from the Shields Gazette of 30.10.1880]
"Soon after the loss of the schooner JOHANNA at about 8.20, the signal guns again announced a vessel in distress, the men of the Tynemouth and South Shields Volunteer Life Brigades observed a wooden trawler, later proved to be the WONGA, entering the harbour close to the North Pier end. In an instant she was struck by a heavy sea, turned bottom up, then sank, all on board perished." (Whitaker) Built: 1875
Propulsion: Screw driven, 2 cylinder compound engine
Boilers: 1
Master: J Potten
Crew: 6
Crew Lost: 6
Owner: J Hunter & Percy Main, New Zealand
Easting
437900
Northing
567300
Grid Reference
NZ437900567300
Sources
National Monuments Record (1365219); 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); Boswell Whitaker 1980 Preservation of life from shipwreck, volume 2 : South Shields Volunteer Life Brigade Page(s)99-100; Boswell Whitaker 1980 Preservation of life from shipwreck, volume 3 : Tynemouth Volunteer Life Brigade Page(s)58
Section 6, County Durham (CF); Boswell Whitaker 1980 Preservation of life from shipwreck, volume 2 : South Shields Volunteer Life Brigade Page(s)99-100; Boswell Whitaker 1980 Preservation of life from shipwreck, volume 3 : Tynemouth Volunteer Life Brigade Page(s)58