Herd Sand, Tyro

HER Number

14966

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

Herd Sand, Tyro

Place

South Shields

Map Sheet

NZ36NE

Class

Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad

Sailing Vessel <By Rig>

Site Type: Specific

Brigantine

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Wreckage

Description

1810 wreck of English brig which stranded on the Herd Sand in contrary winds, having been forced to return to Shields, instead of going on to London. She was laden with coal. Owner: Honeyman

Easting

437900

Northing

567300

Grid Reference

NZ437900567300

Sources

National Monuments Record (971518); Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 14-DEC-1810, No.4519; 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 Courant 08-DEC-1810, No.7000 Page(s)4; Newcastle Advertiser 08-DEC-1810, No.1155 Page(s)4