Herd Sand, Countess of Durham

HER Number

14751

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

Herd Sand, Countess of Durham

Place

South Shields

Map Sheet

NZ36NE

Class

Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad

Sailing Vessel <By Rig>

Site Type: Specific

Barque

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Wreckage

Description

This barque drove on the Herd Sand in westerly wind conditions, having broken from her moorings. The wreck was sold whilst still on the Herd Sand for 24 [sterling].

Easting

437900

Northing

567300

Grid Reference

NZ437900567300

Sources

National Monuments Record (987150); United Kingdom shipwreck index [pre publication typescript]; 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