Herd Sand, Pilots
Herd Sand, Pilots
HER Number
14261
District
S Tyneside
Site Name
Herd Sand, Pilots
Place
South Shields
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
Class
Maritime Craft
Site Type: Broad
Craft
Site Type: Specific
Coble
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Wreckage
Description
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
Master: Thomas Young
Crew: 3 all lost
Easting
437000
Northing
567000
Grid Reference
NZ437000567000
Sources
Boswell Whitaker 1979 Preservation of life from shipwreck, volume 1 : Skuetender lifeboat Page(s)115; Richard and Bridget Larn 1997 Shipwreck index of the British Isles, volume 3. The east coast of England : Essex, Suffolk, Norfolk, Lincolnshire, Yorkshire, CountyDurham, Northumberland Section 6, County Durham (CF); Boswell Whitaker 1980 Preservation of life from shipwreck, volume 2 : South Shields Volunteer Life Brigade Page(s)104; National Monuments Record (1365246)