Herd Sand, Twende Brodre (Twen de Brodre)

HER Number

14963

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

Herd Sand, Twende Brodre (Twen de Brodre)

Place

South Shields

Map Sheet

NZ36NE

Class

Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad

Sailing Vessel <By Form/Type>

Site Type: Specific

Ketch

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Wreckage

Description

1812 wreck of ketch, probably Danish or Norwegian, which stranded on the Herd Sand on her passage from North Bergen with timber. Master: Malt.

Easting

437900

Northing

567300

Grid Reference

NZ437900567300

Sources

National Monuments Record (971539); Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 22-DEC-1812, No.4730; Tyne Mercury 22-DEC-1812, No.552 Page(s)3; Newcastle Courant 03-APR-1813, No.7121 Page(s)1