Herd Sand, Blackbird

HER Number

14713

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

Herd Sand, Blackbird

Place

South Shields

Map Sheet

NZ36NE

Class

Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad

Sailing Vessel <By Form/Type>

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Wreckage

Description

1811 wreck of English craft which grounded on the Herd Sand during a storm, but which was later recovered; a wooden sailing vessel. Master: Luna

Easting

437900

Northing

567300

Grid Reference

NZ437900567300

Sources

National Monuments Record (971529); Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 27-MAR-1812, No.4651; 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); Newcastle Advertiser 28-MAR-1812, No.1224 Page(s);4 Tyne Mercury 24-MAR-1812, No.513 Page(s)3; Newcastle Advertiser 04-APR-1812, No.1225 Page(s)4