Herd Sand, Minerva (Minnerea)

HER Number

14907

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

Herd Sand, Minerva (Minnerea)

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

1782 wreck of British cargo vessel which stranded on the Herd Sand on leaving North Shields for London with coal; a wooden sailing vessel.

Easting

437900

Northing

567300

Grid Reference

NZ437900567300

Sources

National Monuments Record (971434); Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 26-APR-1782, No.1356; 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); Newcastle Courant 27-APR-1782, No.5508 Page(s)4