Herd Sand, Fountain

HER Number

14774

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

Herd Sand, Fountain

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

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Wreckage

Description

1811 incident in which an English barque grounded on the Herd Sand on leaving Shields with her cargo of coal. This wooden sailing vessel was shortly afterwards recovered and sold.

Easting

437900

Northing

567300

Grid Reference

NZ437900567300

Sources

National Monuments Record (971525); Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 31-MAY-1811, No.4567; 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 Courant 25-MAY-1811, No.7024 Page(s)4; Newcastle Courant 08-JUN-1811, No.7026 Page(s)1