Herd Sand, Favorite (Favourite)
Herd Sand, Favorite (Favourite)
HER Number
14766
District
S Tyneside
Site Name
Herd Sand, Favorite (Favourite)
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
1815 incident in which an English cargo vessel grounded on the Herd Sand on her arrival at Shields from Pugwash, to be recovered shortly afterwards. Laden with pine timber, laths, and spars, she was a wooden sailing vessel. Master: Scott
Owner: Thomas Scott, North Shields
Owner: Thomas Scott, North Shields
Easting
437900
Northing
567300
Grid Reference
NZ437900567300
Sources
National Monuments Record (971559); Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 03-NOV-1815, No.5019; Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 14-NOV-1815, No.5022; Durham County Advertiser 28-OCT-1815, No.60 Page(s)3