Herd Sand, Greyhound
Herd Sand, Greyhound
HER Number
14269
District
S Tyneside
Site Name
Herd Sand, Greyhound
Place
South Shields
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
Class
Maritime Craft
Site Type: Broad
Warship
Site Type: Specific
Ship of the Line
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Form of Evidence
Wreckage
Description
1711 wreck of British Fourth or Fifth Rate ship of the line, which stranded on the Herd Sand, while entering or leaving the River Tyne. Constructed of wood in 1702, she was a sailing vessel. Built: 1702-03; Builder: Hubbard; Where Built: Ipswich; Armament: 42 carriage-mounted cannon; Commanding Officer: Captain James Stuart RN
Owner: Royal Navy
Owner: Royal Navy
Easting
437000
Northing
567000
Grid Reference
NZ437000567000
Sources
National Monuments Record (1033722); David J Hepper 1994 British warship losses in the age of sail, 1650-1859 Page(s)30; David Lyon 1993 The sailing navy list : all the ships of the Royal Navy built, purchased and captured 1688-1860 Page(s)25; William Page (ed) 1907 The Victoria history of the county of Suffolk: volume two The Victoria history of the counties of England Page(s)244; 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 25-AUG to 27-AUG-1711, No.12 Page(s)4; J J Colledge 1989 Ships of the Royal Navy, volume 1 Page(s)244; Calendar of Treasury Books 'Declared Accounts: Ordnance', Calendar of Treasury Books: 1712, Volume 26 (1954), pp. CCIII-CCVI, accessed via < http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=85921&strquery=cast away > on 09 September 2008
Page(s)30
(2) David Lyon 1993 The sailing navy list : all the ships of the Royal Navy built, purchased and captured 1688-1860
Page(s)25
(3) edited by William Page 1907 The Victoria history of the county of Suffolk: volume two
The Victoria history of the counties of England Page(s)244
(4) 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)
(5) Newcastle Courant
25-AUG to 27-AUG-1711, No.12 Page(s)4
(6) J J Colledge 1989 Ships of the Royal Navy, volume 1
Page(s)244
(7) Calendar of Treasury Books
'Declared Accounts: Ordnance', Calendar of Treasury Books: 1712, Volume 26 (1954), pp. CCIII-CCVI, accessed via < http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=85921&strquery=cast away > on 09 September 2008
Page(s)30
(2) David Lyon 1993 The sailing navy list : all the ships of the Royal Navy built, purchased and captured 1688-1860
Page(s)25
(3) edited by William Page 1907 The Victoria history of the county of Suffolk: volume two
The Victoria history of the counties of England Page(s)244
(4) 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)
(5) Newcastle Courant
25-AUG to 27-AUG-1711, No.12 Page(s)4
(6) J J Colledge 1989 Ships of the Royal Navy, volume 1
Page(s)244
(7) Calendar of Treasury Books
'Declared Accounts: Ordnance', Calendar of Treasury Books: 1712, Volume 26 (1954), pp. CCIII-CCVI, accessed via < http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=85921&strquery=cast away > on 09 September 2008