Herd Sand, Blenheim
Herd Sand, Blenheim
HER Number
15103
District
S Tyneside
Site Name
Herd Sand, Blenheim
Place
South Shields
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
Class
Maritime Craft
Site Type: Broad
Transport Vessel
Site Type: Specific
Cargo Vessel
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Wreckage
Description
Cargo vessel stranded and lost against the South Pier in force 8 winds, December 1876. Built: 1875
Builder: T Richardson & Son
Where Built: Hartlepool
HP: 100
Master: Bethune or Battram
Crew: 20
Crew Lost: 1 Nathaniel Richardson of Whitby
Owner: Steel & Young Co., London
Builder: T Richardson & Son
Where Built: Hartlepool
HP: 100
Master: Bethune or Battram
Crew: 20
Crew Lost: 1 Nathaniel Richardson of Whitby
Owner: Steel & Young Co., London
Easting
437900
Northing
567300
Grid Reference
NZ437900567300
Sources
National Monuments Record (1365141); Boswell Whitaker 1980 Preservation of life from shipwreck, volume 2 : South Shields Volunteer Life Brigade Page90; 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)
Section 6, County Durham (CF)