Herd Sand, Pekin
Herd Sand, Pekin
HER Number
14922
District
S Tyneside
Site Name
Herd Sand, Pekin
Place
South Shields
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
Class
Maritime Craft
Site Type: Broad
Sailing Vessel <By Rig>
Site Type: Specific
Barque
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Wreckage
Description
Whilst going out of the harbour in gloomy weather conditions, wind N force 5, the towing hawser of a tug parted and with no sail set, the barque drifted ashore and became a total wreck.
Built: 1841 Wrecked:1856
Where Built: Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Master: W Steel
Owner: Ingo & Co.
Built: 1841 Wrecked:1856
Where Built: Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Master: W Steel
Owner: Ingo & Co.
Easting
437900
Northing
567300
Grid Reference
NZ437900567300
Sources
National Monuments Record (987206); 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)