Herd Sand, Trident

Herd Sand, Trident

HER Number
14961
District
S Tyneside
Site Name
Herd Sand, Trident
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
1831 wreck of English cargo vessel which stranded on the Herd Sand on departing from North Shields for London with coal. Master: Custard
Easting
437900
Northing
567300
Grid Reference
NZ437900567300
Sources
National Monuments Record (1356922); Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 08-FEB-1831, No.6610; Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list
11-FEB-1831, No.6611; Boswell Whitaker 1979 Preservation of life from shipwreck, volume 1 : Skuetender lifeboat Page(s)59; Richard and Bridget Larn 1997 Shipwreck index of the British Isles, volume 3. The east coast of England : Essex, Suffolk, Norfolk, Lincolnshire, Yorkshire, County Durham, Northumberland Section 6, County Durham (CF); Newcastle Chronicle 12-FEB-1831 [via Ian T Spokes]