Herd Sand, Martin
Herd Sand, Martin
HER Number
14899
District
S Tyneside
Site Name
Herd Sand, Martin
Place
South Shields
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
Class
Maritime Craft
Site Type: Broad
Sailing Vessel <By Form/Type>
Site Type: Specific
Sloop
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Form of Evidence
Wreckage
Description
1823 wreck of English sloop which stranded on the Herd Sand, having left Sunderland during a gale; a wooden sailing vessel. Crew saved by lifeboat.
Master: Smith
Master: Smith
Easting
437900
Northing
567300
Grid Reference
NZ437900567300
Sources
National Monuments Record (971626); Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 07-FEB-1823, No.5775; Boswell Whitaker 1979 Preservation of life from shipwreck, volume 1 : Skuetender lifeboat Page(s)49-50; Newcastle Courant
08-FEB-1823, No.7635 Page(s)4; Durham County Advertiser 08-FEB-1823, No.440 Page(s)3
08-FEB-1823, No.7635 Page(s)4; Durham County Advertiser 08-FEB-1823, No.440 Page(s)3