Herd Sand, Hercules
Herd Sand, Hercules
HER Number
14808
District
S Tyneside
Site Name
Herd Sand, Hercules
Place
South Shields
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
Class
Maritime Craft
Site Type: Broad
Sailing Vessel <By Rig>
Site Type: Specific
Schooner
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Form of Evidence
Wreckage
Description
Newcastle Courant 24th October 1834:
`...a laden schooner on going to sea, on the 22nd - got upon the Herdsand, and immediately went to pieces.' Master:Allen
`...a laden schooner on going to sea, on the 22nd - got upon the Herdsand, and immediately went to pieces.' Master:Allen
Easting
437900
Northing
567300
Grid Reference
NZ437900567300
Sources
National Monuments Record (1362116); 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); Boswell Whitaker 1979 Preservation of life from shipwreck, volume 1 : Skuetender lifeboat Page(s)64; Parliamentary papers 1836, Select Committee on Shipwreck, 1834, Appendix 7. 17 Page(s)311 (691)