Herd Sand, Fruit of Friends

HER Number

14777

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

Herd Sand, Fruit of Friends

Place

South Shields

Map Sheet

NZ36NE

Class

Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad

Sailing Vessel <By Form/Type>

Site Type: Specific

Sloop

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Wreckage

Description

1797 wreck of Scottish sloop which stranded on the Herd Sand, with passengers; a wooden sailing vessel. Passengers Lost: 6

Easting

437900

Northing

567300

Grid Reference

NZ437900567300

Sources

National Monuments Record (1393313); Newcastle Courant 21-OCT-1797, No.6315 Page(s)4; Newcastle Courant 28-OCT-1797, No.6316 Page(s)4; Newcastle Advertiser 28-OCT-1797, No.472 Page(s)3