Herd Sand, Nell

HER Number

14911

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

Herd Sand, Nell

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

Dutch cargo vessel wrecked on Herd Sand, while being carried into the Tyne 1730.

Easting

437900

Northing

567300

Grid Reference

NZ437900567300

Sources

National Monuments Record (971400); compiled by George B Hodgson 1904 Wreck register for the north-east coast : a complete list of local shipping disasters from the earliest times to the end of 1902 Page(s)5; Newcastle Courant 11-JUL-1730, No.272 Page(s)3