Herd Sand, Golden Lily

HER Number

14209

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

Herd Sand, Golden Lily

Place

South Shields

Map Sheet

NZ36NE

Class

Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad

Sailing Vessel <By Form/Type>

Site Type: Specific

Smack

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Wreckage

Description

Wrecked in the Great Storm of 12th November 1901 off Herd Sand, South Shields. A fishing smack. En route from Great Yarmouth to Hopeman. Registered in Inverness. 8 crew.

Easting

437000

Northing

567000

Grid Reference

NZ437000567000

Sources

Maritime Archaeology Project, 2006, The Great Storm of 1901 - Information and Education Pack (assembled by RJ Carlton and J Catling).