Herd Sand, Freedom
Herd Sand, Freedom
HER Number
14775
District
S Tyneside
Site Name
Herd Sand, Freedom
Place
South Shields
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
Class
Maritime Craft
Site Type: Broad
Transport Vessel
Site Type: Specific
Collier
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Form of Evidence
Wreckage
Description
1784 wreck of English collier which stranded near Duggie's Point on the Herd Sand, on her departure from Shields with coal. This wooden sailing vessel was partly recovered 21 years later. Builder: Richard Shaw
Where Built: North Shields
Master: Forster
Where Built: North Shields
Master: Forster
Easting
437900
Northing
567300
Grid Reference
NZ437900567300
Sources
National Monuments Record (971438); Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 05-NOV-1784, No.1618; 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 06-NOV-1784, No.5639 Page(s)4; Newcastle Courant 28-SEP-1805, No.6729 Page(s)4; Newcastle Courant 05-OCT-1805, No.6730 Page(s)4