Herd Sand, Brothers
Herd Sand, Brothers
HER Number
14720
District
S Tyneside
Site Name
Herd Sand, Brothers
Place
South Shields
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
Class
Maritime Craft
Site Type: Broad
Sailing Vessel <By Form/Type>
Site Type: Specific
Sloop
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Form of Evidence
Wreckage
Description
1823 incident in which an English sloop grounded on the Herd Sand during a gale, while en route from Sunderland to Hastings. This wooden sailing vessel was shortly afterwards recovered. Master: Depiose or Depose
Easting
437900
Northing
567300
Grid Reference
NZ437900567300
Sources
National Monuments Record (1349782); Boswell Whitaker 1979 Preservation of life from shipwreck, volume 1 : Skuetender lifeboat Page(s)49-50; Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list
07-FEB-1823, No.5775; Newcastle Courant 08-FEB-1823, No.7635 Page(s)4; Durham County Advertiser 08-FEB-1823, No.440 Page(s)3; Durham County Advertiser 22-FEB-1823, No.442 Page(s)3
07-FEB-1823, No.5775; Newcastle Courant 08-FEB-1823, No.7635 Page(s)4; Durham County Advertiser 08-FEB-1823, No.440 Page(s)3; Durham County Advertiser 22-FEB-1823, No.442 Page(s)3