Herd Sand, Sally

HER Number

15096

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

Herd Sand, Sally

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

1803 wreck of English cargo vessel which was beached on the south end of the Herd Sand en route from St. Petersburg to London and Plymouth, after springing a leak at sea. Laden with deals, hemp, and iron, she was a wooden sailing vessel. Master: Pearson

Easting

437900

Northing

567300

Grid Reference

NZ437900567300

Sources

National Monuments Record (971489); 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; Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 15-NOV-1803, No.4402; Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 22-NOV-1803, No.4404; Newcastle Advertiser 12-NOV-1803, No.787 Page(s)4; Newcastle Courant 12-NOV-1803, No.6631 Page(s)4; Newcastle Advertiser 19-NOV-1803, No.788 Page(s)4; Tyne Mercury 22-NOV-1803, No.78 Page(s)3