Herd Sand, Unity

HER Number

14970

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

Herd Sand, Unity

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

May 1788 wreck of English cargo vessel which stranded on the Herd Sand on attempting to enter Shields on her passage to Leith. Laden with flour and barley, she was a wooden sailing vessel.

Easting

437900

Northing

567300

Grid Reference

NZ437900567300

Sources

National Monuments Record (1390166); Newcastle Courant 17-MAY-1788, No.5823 Page(s)4