Herd Sand, Isabella

HER Number

15097

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

Herd Sand, Isabella

Place

South Shields

Map Sheet

NZ36NE

Class

Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad

Sailing Vessel <By Form/Type>

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Wreckage

Description

1812 wreck of English craft which stranded on the south end of the Herd Sand on her departure from Shields; a wooden sailing vessel. Master: Twizzell. Crew saved.

Easting

437900

Northing

567300

Grid Reference

NZ437900567300

Sources

National Monuments Record (971537); 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; Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 27-OCT-1812, No.4714; Tyne Mercury 27-OCT-1812, No.544 Page(s)3; Tyne Mercury 19-JAN-1813, No.556 Page(s)3