Herd Sand, John and Jane

HER Number

14823

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

Herd Sand, John and Jane

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

1814 wreck of English cargo vessel which stranded on the Herd Sand on her departure from Shields with coal; a wooden sailing vessel. Master: Cole

Easting

437900

Northing

567300

Grid Reference

NZ437900567300

Sources

National Monuments Record (971547); Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 17-MAY-1814; 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); T yne Mercury 17-MAY-1814, No.625 Page(s)3; Tyne Mercury 31-MAY-1814, No.627 Page(s)3; Newcastle Courant 21-MAY-1814, No.7180 Page(s)1; Newcastle Advertiser 24-MAY-1814, No.1336 Page(s)4