Herd Sand, Merghee (Margee)
Herd Sand, Merghee (Margee)
HER Number
14667
District
S Tyneside
Site Name
Herd Sand, Merghee (Margee)
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
ENGLISH BRIGANTINE, lost in a storm 0.75miles east of South Shields 1867. Built: 1857 or 1858
Where Built: Prince Edward Island
Construction: iron bolts
Master: Friend
Crew: 4?
Crew Lost: 1
Owner: H W Nicholls & Co., Whitstable
Where Built: Prince Edward Island
Construction: iron bolts
Master: Friend
Crew: 4?
Crew Lost: 1
Owner: H W Nicholls & Co., Whitstable
Easting
437840
Northing
567440
Grid Reference
NZ437840567440
Sources
National Monuments Record (996869); 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); Boswell Whitaker 1980 Preservation of life from shipwreck, volume 2 : South Shields Volunteer Life Brigade Page(s)58, 61-2; Lloyd's 1964 Lloyd's register of British and foreign shipping 1866-7, No.812(M)