Herd Sand, Cornelia (Cornelian)

HER Number

14750

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

Herd Sand, Cornelia (Cornelian)

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

1807 incident in which an English cargo vessel grounded on the Herd Sand during a storm, on entering Shields from Liverpool. This wooden sailing vessel was shortly afterwards recovered.

Easting

437900

Northing

567300

Grid Reference

NZ437900567300

Sources

National Monuments Record (1340644); Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 17-NOV-1807, No.4204; Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 08-DEC-1807, No.4209; Newcastle Courant 14-NOV-1807, No.6840 Page(s)4; Newcastle Courant 05-DEC-1807, No.6843 Page(s)4; Newcastle Courant 12-DEC-1807, No.6844 Page(s)1