Herd Sand, Jane

HER Number

14817

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

Herd Sand, Jane

Place

South Shields

Map Sheet

NZ36NE

Class

Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad

Sailing Vessel <By Rig>

Site Type: Specific

Brigantine

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Wreckage

Description

1825 wreck of English brig which eventually stranded on the Herd Sand, having a few weeks previously grounded on the Sparrowhawk and foundered off Cullercoats while attempting to run for Shields during a gale with sleet. En route from Sunderland to London with coal, she was a wooden sailing vessel. Master: Ingo

Easting

437900

Northing

567300

Grid Reference

NZ437900567300

Sources

National Monuments Record (973079); Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 11-MAR-1825, No.5993; Durham County Advertiser 12-MAR-1825, No.549 Page(s)3; Newcastle Courant 12-MAR-1825, No.7744 Page(s)4; Durham County Advertiser 30-APR-1825, No.556 Page(s)3; Durham County Advertiser 08-OCT-1825, No.579 Page(s)3; Newcastle Courant 24-NOV-1827, No.7885 Page(s)4