Herd Sand, Paulina

HER Number

14921

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

Herd Sand, Paulina

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

1807 wreck of American cargo vessel which stranded and bilged on the Herd Sand on entering Shields from Baltimore with rice, tar, rosin, tobacco, and staves; a wooden sailing vessel. Crew saved.

Easting

437900

Northing

567300

Grid Reference

NZ437900567300

Sources

National Monuments Record (1397601); Newcastle Courant 24-JAN-1807, No.6798 Page(s)4; Tyne Mercury 20-JAN-1807, No.243 Page(s)3; Tyne Mercury 27-JAN-1807, No.244 Page(s)3; Newcastle Courant 31-JAN-1807, No.6799 Page(s)1, 4; Newcastle Courant 07-FEB-1807, No.6800 Page(s)4