Herd Sand, Adventure

HER Number

14244

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

Herd Sand, Adventure

Place

South Shields

Map Sheet

NZ36NE

Class

Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad

Transport Vessel

Site Type: Specific

Collier

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Wreckage

Description

In 1789 the collier ADVENTURE was driven on to the Herd Sand at South Shields by a strong gale. The South Shields boatmen could not attempt a rescue because the sea was so rough, even though the ship was only a few hundred yards from the beach. Most of the crew was lost. Master: Strachan Crew: 13

Easting

437000

Northing

567000

Grid Reference

NZ437000567000

Sources

Dick Keys and Ken Smith, 2005, Tall Ships on the Tyne, p 27; Dick Keys and Ken Smith, 1998, Black Diamonds by Sea - North-East Sailing Colliers 1780-1880, p 18; National Monuments Record (971443); Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 27-MAR-1789, No.2076; 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); Tyne and Wear Museums Service 1990 Mr reathead's Lifeboats Page(s)19-20; Newcastle Courant 21-MAR-1789, No.5867 Page(s)4; Newcastle Advertiser 21-MAR-1789, No.21 Page(s)2; Newcastle Chronicle 21-MAR-1789, No.1290 Page(s)2