Herd Sand, Urania

HER Number

14971

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

Herd Sand, Urania

Place

South Shields

Map Sheet

NZ36NE

Class

Maritime Craft

Site Type: Specific

Craft

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Wreckage

Description

1850: 21st October, Great gale; URANIA and JANE of Bath, wrecked on Herd Sand (Whitaker)

Easting

437900

Northing

567300

Grid Reference

NZ437900567300

Sources

National Monuments Record (1362278); Boswell Whitaker 1979 Preservation of life from shipwreck, volume 1 : Skuetender lifeboat Page(s)90