Herd Sand, Triton

HER Number

14962

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

Herd Sand, Triton

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

March 8th 1827 the Triton stranded on the Herd Sand during a gale with snow, while running for Shields. En route from Sunderland to the Baltic with coal. Master: Denton

Easting

437900

Northing

567300

Grid Reference

NZ437900567300

Sources

National Monuments Record (1386469); Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 13-MAR-1827, No.6202; 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); Durham County Advertiser 17-MAR-1827, No.654 Page(s)3