Herd Sand, Charming Nancy

HER Number

14745

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

Herd Sand, Charming Nancy

Place

South Shields

Map Sheet

NZ36NE

Class

Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad

Transport Vessel

Site Type: Specific

Cargo Vessel

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Wreckage

Description

1760 wreck of cargo vessel which stranded and bilged on the Herd Sand en route from Virginia to Leith with tobacco; a wooden sailing vessel.

Easting

437900

Northing

567300

Grid Reference

NZ437900567300

Sources

National Monuments Record (1385566); Newcastle Courant 13-DEC-1760, No.4394 Page(s)2