Herd Sand, Commerce

HER Number

14747

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

Herd Sand, Commerce

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

1819 wreck of British brig which stranded on the Herd Sand on her departure from Shields for Cromarty. Laden with coal and flour, she was a wooden sailing vessel. Master: Waugh

Easting

437900

Northing

567300

Grid Reference

NZ437900567300

Sources

National Monuments Record (971591); Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 26-OCT-1819, No.5423; Durham County Advertiser 30-OCT-1819, No.269 Page(s)3; Newcastle Courant 30-OCT-1819, No.7464 Page(s)4; Newcastle Courant 06-NOV-1819, No.7465 Page(s)4