Herd Sand, John and Elizabeth

HER Number

14822

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

Herd Sand, John and Elizabeth

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

1824 wreck of English cargo vessel which stranded and bilged on the Herd Sand during a gale, while attempting to return to her original departure point of Shields. Bound for London, she was a wooden sailing vessel.

Easting

437900

Northing

567000

Grid Reference

NZ437900567000

Sources

National Monuments Record (971683); Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 26-NOV-1824, No.5963; Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 30-NOV-1824, No.5964; Durham County Advertiser 04-DEC-1824, No.535 Page(s)3; Newcastle Courant 04-DEC-1824, No.7730 Page(s)4; Durham County Advertiser 11-DEC-1824, No.536 Page(s)3