Herd Sand, Arrival (Rivals)

HER Number

14705

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

Herd Sand, Arrival (Rivals)

Place

South Shields

Map Sheet

NZ36NE

Class

Maritime Craft

Site Type: Specific

Craft

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Wreckage

Description

North Shields, 15th Jan 1827. The ARRIVAL, (Master Bruce), from Cardiff to Aberdeen, came to anchor within the Bar, and soon after drove upon the Herd in a gale and sunk and it is feared will be wrecked. Crew saved by the lifeboat; part of the materials saved.

Easting

437900

Northing

567300

Grid Reference

NZ437900567300

Sources

National Monuments Record (1164398); Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 19-JAN-1827, No.6187; Durham County Advertiser 03-FEB-1827, No.648 Page(s)3