Herd Sand, Providence

HER Number

14929

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

Herd Sand, Providence

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

1766 wreck of English cargo vessel which stranded and bilged on the Herd Sand on leaving Shields for London with coal; a wooden sailing vessel. Master: Meadows. The PROVIDENCE is one of the more common contemporary names for a vessel.

Easting

437900

Northing

567300

Grid Reference

NZ437900567300

Sources

National Monuments Record (1320075); Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 17-JAN-1766, No.3131; Newcastle Courant 11-JAN-1766, No.4660 Page(s)2