Herd Sand, Lady Sherbrooke (Lady Sherbrook)

HER Number

14829

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

Herd Sand, Lady Sherbrooke (Lady Sherbrook)

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

1819 incident in which an English cargo vessel grounded on the Herd Sand on her arrival at Shields from Pictou with timber. This wooden sailing vessel was shortly afterwards recovered. Master: Laidler

Easting

437900

Northing

567300

Grid Reference

NZ437900567300

Sources

National Monuments Record (971601); Boswell Whitaker 1979 Preservation of life from shipwreck, volume 1 : Skuetender lifeboat Page45; Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 31-DEC-1819, No.5452; Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 07-JAN-1820, No.5454; Newcastle Courant 01-JAN-1820, No.7473 Page(s)4; Newcastle Courant 08-JAN-1820, No.7474 Page(s)4