Herd Sand, Providence

HER Number

14930

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

Herd Sand, Providence

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

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Wreckage

Description

1852 21st September. WILLIAM AND SARAH...and sloop PROVIDENCE wrecked on Herd Sand (Whitaker).

Easting

437900

Northing

567300

Grid Reference

NZ437900567300

Sources

National Monuments Record (1362433); Boswell Whitaker 1979 Preservation of life from shipwreck, volume 1 : Skuetender lifeboat Page(s)90