Herd Sand, Eagle
Herd Sand, Eagle
HER Number
14760
District
S Tyneside
Site Name
Herd Sand, Eagle
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
1830 wreck of English cargo vessel which stranded on the Herd Sand after grounding on Tynemouth Bar on her arrival at Shields from Riga, onward bound to London. Laden with grain and deals, she was a wooden sailing vessel. Master: Batty
Easting
437900
Northing
567300
Grid Reference
NZ437900567300
Sources
National Monuments Record (1356875);Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 10-DEC-1830, No.6593; Boswell Whitaker 1979 Preservation of life from shipwreck, volume 1 : Skuetender lifeboat
Page(s)59; 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) Newcastle Chronicle 11-DEC-1830 [via Ian T Spokes]; Durham County Advertiser 10-DEC-1830, No.849 [old style numbering]/23 [new style numbering] Page(s)183
Page(s)59; 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) Newcastle Chronicle 11-DEC-1830 [via Ian T Spokes]; Durham County Advertiser 10-DEC-1830, No.849 [old style numbering]/23 [new style numbering] Page(s)183