Herd Sand, Elizabeth

HER Number

15073

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

Herd Sand, Elizabeth

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

1787 wreck of English brig which foundered off South Shields following a leak while taking in her cargo of coal; a wooden sailing vessel. `Newcastle, March 31, 1787...Thursday the brig ELIZABETH of Scarborough, taking in coals at South Shields, suddenly sunk in deep water; no apparent reason can be given for this accident, but it is conjectured a rat hole has been the cause; the people on board were all saved.' (Newcastle Courant)

Easting

437900

Northing

567300

Grid Reference

NZ437900567300

Sources

National Monuments Record (1390032); Newcastle Courant 31-MAR-1787, No. 5764 Page 4