Herd Sand, Diligence

HER Number

14755

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

Herd Sand, Diligence

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

1834 wreck of Scottish craft which stranded and bilged on the Herd Sand on her arrival at Shields from Leith. Constructed of wood, she was a sailing vessel. Master: Kirk

Easting

437900

Northing

567300

Grid Reference

NZ437900567300

Sources

National Monuments Record (1387286); 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); Durham County Advertiser 31-JAN-1834, No.1013 Page(s)3; Durham County Advertiser 07-FEB-1834, No.1014 Page(s)3