English coble foundered and lost at the end of South Shields Pier in force 9 winds, October 1881. Built: 1877
Master: Thomas Young
Crew: 3 all lost

English schooner, wrecked February 10th 1871 during a storm. Master: Welmore
Crew: 5 all saved

A Dutch steamship 1,162 tons. It hit a mine on 16 December 1939 and sank off Sunderland.

SNOW. Wrecked at Prior's Haven in December 1876. She was en route from London to the Tyne in ballast but was struck by a huge wave as she entered the river. Her steering and rigging gear were broken and she drifted into Prior's Haven. The crew were saved by the Tynemouth Volunteer Life Brigade who fired a line to the ship. The ship was built at Monkwearmouth in 1855. She was uninsured. The figurehead of the First of May is held in the Volunteer Life Brigade Watch House at Tynemouth. Seven other ships were wrecked at the mouth of the Tyne in the same storm and 30 sailors were drowned. Built: 1855
Where Built: Monkwearmouth
Master: Robert Coulson
Crew: 8
Owner: J MacKenzie, Blyth

A schooner wrecked on the Herd Sand in February 1861. She had been en route from Inverness. A strong gale blew the ship onto the Herd Sand, she then drifted onto the stones by the South Pier. Four lifeboats were unable to get alongside her. Eventually the lifeboat TYNE managed to fire a rocket line to the FOWLIS and the captain and mate were saved. Then the line broke. Four crewmen remained on board. One managed to swim to the lifeboat. The lifeboats battled on for three hours to rescue the remaining three men. Two were swept to their deaths. The third was washed towards the shore and was saved. The SARAH ANN was wrecked on the same day. Around 50 ships were wrecked that day between South Shields and Whitby. Built: 1832
Master: George Frazer
Crew: 6
Crew Lost: 2

In December 1849 the PROVIDENCE lifeboat overturned in a storm while trying to rescue the crew of the brig BETSY which had run aground on the Herd Sand. 20 pilots who were manning the lifeboat were drowned.

A BRIG. From South Shields. She was driven onto the Herd Sand during a gale in 1861. The schooner FOWLIS was wrecked on the same day. Her crew were saved by lifeboat. The Sarah Ann was refloated, repaired, and sold to Whitby owners in 1864. A year later she sank after a collision off Flamborough Head.

In January 1843 the ISABELLAS from Sunderland, struck the Spanish Battery rocks and was damaged beyond repair.

In January 1843 the SNOW Percy was entering South Shields from London when she was wrecked on Black Middens Rocks and began to break up. Her master, Captain Hair, the ship's boy and the cook, tried to swim ashore but were drowned. The rest of the crew were saved by a seaman, William Wheeler, in his boat.

On 11th May 1822 the collier ENTERPRIZE from North Shields was driven ashore at Ryhope in a ESE to ENE gale. Her master, Captain Edward Hadaway, and 4 crewmen were drowned. Four other crewmen and a passenger, Mr Dalton, were saved. The ship was smashed to pieces. Mr Dalton gave an eyewitness account to the Newcastle Courant. The ship had been laden with coal and was bound for London. She reached Whitby but drifted back to Sunderland and was driven on shore between two ridges of rocks on Ryhope Sand. One crew member was lost by 1pm when the remaining men on board took to the rigging. Aound 6.30pm the decks broke up and the mainmast went overboard, the captain and three others still clinging to it. Then the foremast was swept away along with the cook. Around 7pm local residents appeared on the beach. They rescused the 5 remaining men who were clinging to the bowsprit and forecastle using ropes. The survivors were taken to the Salutation Inn for dry clothes and refreshments.