Herd Sand, Providence
Herd Sand, Providence
HER Number
14931
District
S Tyneside
Site Name
Herd Sand, Providence
Place
South Shields
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
Class
Maritime Craft
Site Type: Broad
Sailing Vessel <By Rig>
Site Type: Specific
Brig
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Form of Evidence
Wreckage
Description
1820 wreck of possible English brig which stranded on the Herd Sand during a snowstorm. En route from Alnmouth to Sunderland, she was a wooden sailing vessel, and may have afterwards been recovered. [The details of this PROVIDENCE and another vessel of the same name involved in this incident may have become confused. See HER 14928.
Easting
437900
Northing
567300
Grid Reference
NZ437900567300
Sources
National Monuments Record (1404366); Durham County Advertiser 22-JAN-1820, No.281 Page(s)3; Newcastle Courant
22-JAN-1820, No.7476 Page(s)4; Newcastle Courant 29-JAN-1820, No.7477 Page(s)4; Durham County Advertiser 29-JAN-1820, No.282 Page(s)3; Newcastle Courant 02-SEP-1820, No.7508 Page(s)4
22-JAN-1820, No.7476 Page(s)4; Newcastle Courant 29-JAN-1820, No.7477 Page(s)4; Durham County Advertiser 29-JAN-1820, No.282 Page(s)3; Newcastle Courant 02-SEP-1820, No.7508 Page(s)4