Herd Sand, Reaper
Herd Sand, Reaper
HER Number
15111
District
S Tyneside
Site Name
Herd Sand, Reaper
Place
South Shields
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
Class
Maritime Craft
Site Type: Broad
Sailing Vessel <By Rig>
Site Type: Specific
Brigantine
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Wreckage
Description
Channel Island Brigantine lost in force 10 gales, February 1881. Built: 1864
Where Built: Guernsey
Master: George Game
Crew: 9 saved
Owner: R M Lelean & Co., Guernsey
Where Built: Guernsey
Master: George Game
Crew: 9 saved
Owner: R M Lelean & Co., Guernsey
Easting
437900
Northing
567300
Grid Reference
NZ437900567300
Sources
National Monuments Record (997143); Boswell Whitaker 1980 Preservation of life from shipwreck, volume 2 : South Shields Volunteer Life Brigade Page(s) 102-4; 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); United Kingdom shipwreck index
Section 6, County Durham (CF); United Kingdom shipwreck index