9th January 1854 during the gales the SAVANNAH of Lynn was wrecked on the Herd Sand.
SITEDESC
9th January 1854 during the gales the SAVANNAH of Lynn was wrecked on the Herd Sand.
Site Name
Herd Sand, Savannah
Site Type: Specific
Craft
HER Number
14946
Form of Evidence
Wreckage
Sources
National Monuments Record (1363282); Boswell Whitaker 1979 Preservation of life from shipwreck, volume 1 : Skuetender lifeboat Page(s)91-2
YEAR1
2012
YEAR2
2021
English, British
Class
Maritime Craft
COMP1
Claire MacRae
COMP2
Clare Henderson
DAY1
04
DAY2
11
District
S Tyneside
Easting
437900
Grid ref figure
10
LANDUSE
Marine
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
MONTH1
5
MONTH2
2
Grid Reference
NZ
NMRNUMBER
NZ 36 NE 775
Northing
567300
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
South Shields
Description
Sunday, 8th January 1854. Eleven ships were wrecked on the Herd Sand between 9pm and 2am Monday morning including the SARAH WILLEDGE of Cresswell. The full complement of those eleven ships were safely landed without loss or injury, 87 seamen all told.
SITEDESC
Sunday, 8th January 1854. Eleven ships were wrecked on the Herd Sand between 9pm and 2am Monday morning including the SARAH WILLEDGE of Cresswell. The full complement of those eleven ships were safely landed without loss or injury, 87 seamen all told.
Site Name
Herd Sand, Sarah Willedge
Site Type: Specific
Craft
HER Number
14945
Form of Evidence
Wreckage
Sources
National Monuments Record (1363140); Boswell Whitaker 1979 Preservation of life from shipwreck, volume 1 : Skuetender lifeboat Page(s)91-2
YEAR1
2012
YEAR2
2021
English, British
Class
Maritime Craft
COMP1
Claire MacRae
COMP2
Clare Henderson
DAY1
04
DAY2
11
District
S Tyneside
Easting
437900
Grid ref figure
10
LANDUSE
Marine
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
MONTH1
5
MONTH2
2
Grid Reference
NZ
NMRNUMBER
NZ 36 NE 306
Northing
567300
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
South Shields
Description
ENGLISH BRIG, 1857. Driven ashore in gales of 4th and 5th January. Crew: 7
Crew Lost: 1
Site Type: Broad
Sailing Vessel <By Rig>
SITEDESC
ENGLISH BRIG, 1857. Driven ashore in gales of 4th and 5th January. Crew: 7
Crew Lost: 1
Site Name
Herd Sand, Sarah Ellen
Site Type: Specific
Brigantine
HER Number
14944
Form of Evidence
Wreckage
Sources
National Monuments Record (987239); United Kingdom shipwreck index [pre publication typescript]; 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); Boswell Whitaker 1979 Preservation of life from shipwreck, volume 1 : Skuetender lifeboat Page(s)93
YEAR1
2012
YEAR2
2021
English, British
Class
Maritime Craft
COMP1
Claire MacRae
COMP2
Clare Henderson
DAY1
04
DAY2
11
District
S Tyneside
Easting
437900
Grid ref figure
10
LANDUSE
Marine
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
MONTH1
5
MONTH2
2
Grid Reference
NZ
NMRNUMBER
NZ 36 NE 796
Northing
567300
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
South Shields
Description
ENGLISH CRAFT, 1857, in gales of the 4th and 5th January.
SITEDESC
ENGLISH CRAFT, 1857, in gales of the 4th and 5th January.
Site Name
Herd Sand, Sarah and Ann
Site Type: Specific
Craft
HER Number
14943
Form of Evidence
Wreckage
Sources
National Monuments Record (1364737); Boswell Whitaker 1979 Preservation of life from shipwreck, volume 1 : Skuetender lifeboat Page(s)93
YEAR1
2012
YEAR2
2021
English, British
Class
Maritime Craft
COMP1
Claire MacRae
COMP2
Clare Henderson
DAY1
04
DAY2
11
District
S Tyneside
Easting
437900
Grid ref figure
10
LANDUSE
Marine
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
MATERIAL
Timber
MONTH1
5
MONTH2
2
Grid Reference
NZ
NMRNUMBER
NZ 36 NE 230
Northing
567300
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Place
South Shields
Description
1823 wreck of English schooner which stranded on the Herd Sand on her departure from Shields for Great Yarmouth with coal; a wooden sailing vessel. Master: Robinson
Site Type: Broad
Sailing Vessel <By Rig>
SITEDESC
1823 wreck of English schooner which stranded on the Herd Sand on her departure from Shields for Great Yarmouth with coal; a wooden sailing vessel. Master: Robinson
Site Name
Herd Sand, Sarah
Site Type: Specific
Schooner
HER Number
14942
Form of Evidence
Wreckage
Sources
National Monuments Record (971634); Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 18-FEB-1823, No.5778; Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 21-FEB-1823, No.5779; Newcastle Courant 22-FEB-1823, No.7637 Page(s)4
YEAR1
2012
YEAR2
2021
English, British
Class
Maritime Craft
COMP1
Claire MacRae
COMP2
Clare Henderson
DAY1
04
DAY2
11
District
S Tyneside
Easting
437900
Grid ref figure
10
LANDUSE
Marine
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
MATERIAL
Timber
MONTH1
5
MONTH2
2
Grid Reference
NZ
NMRNUMBER
NZ 36 NE 1012
Northing
567300
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Place
South Shields
Description
1799 wreck of English craft which stranded on the Herd Sand, carried by the ice from her anchorage off North Shields; a wooden sailing vessel. Master: Brown
Site Type: Broad
Sailing Vessel <By Form/Type>
SITEDESC
1799 wreck of English craft which stranded on the Herd Sand, carried by the ice from her anchorage off North Shields; a wooden sailing vessel. Master: Brown
Site Name
Herd Sand, Sally
HER Number
14941
Form of Evidence
Wreckage
Sources
National Monuments Record (1393531); Newcastle Courant 23-FEB-1799, No.6385 Page(s)4
YEAR1
2012
YEAR2
2021
English, British
Class
Maritime Craft
COMP1
Claire MacRae
COMP2
Clare Henderson
DAY1
04
DAY2
11
District
S Tyneside
Easting
437900
Grid ref figure
10
LANDUSE
Marine
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
MATERIAL
Timber
MONTH1
5
MONTH2
2
Grid Reference
NZ
NMRNUMBER
NZ 36 NE 994
Northing
567300
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Place
South Shields
Description
1788 wreck of English craft which stranded on the Herd Sand; a wooden sailing vessel.
Site Type: Broad
Sailing Vessel <By Form/Type>
SITEDESC
1788 wreck of English craft which stranded on the Herd Sand; a wooden sailing vessel.
Site Name
Herd Sand, Sally
HER Number
14940
Form of Evidence
Wreckage
Sources
National Monuments Record (1390185); Newcastle Courant 27-DEC-1788, No.5855 Page(s)4
YEAR1
2012
YEAR2
2021
English, British
Class
Maritime Craft
COMP1
Claire MacRae
COMP2
Clare Henderson
DAY1
04
DAY2
11
District
S Tyneside
Easting
437900
Grid ref figure
10
LANDUSE
Marine
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
MATERIAL
Timber
MONTH1
5
MONTH2
2
Grid Reference
NZ
NMRNUMBER
NZ 36 NE 938
Northing
567300
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Place
South Shields
Description
1760 wreck of cargo vessel which stranded on the Herd Sand en route from Virginia for Leith; a wooden sailing vessel. Master: Melvin
Site Type: Broad
Transport Vessel
SITEDESC
1760 wreck of cargo vessel which stranded on the Herd Sand en route from Virginia for Leith; a wooden sailing vessel. Master: Melvin
Site Name
Herd Sand, Sally
Site Type: Specific
Cargo Vessel
HER Number
14939
Form of Evidence
Wreckage
Sources
National Monuments Record (1319207); Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 12-DEC-1760, No.2600; 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); Newcastle Courant 27-DEC-1760, No.4396 Page(s)3
YEAR1
2012
YEAR2
2021
English, British
Class
Maritime Craft
COMP1
Claire MacRae
COMP2
Clare Henderson
DAY1
04
DAY2
11
District
S Tyneside
Easting
437900
Grid ref figure
10
LANDUSE
Marine
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
MATERIAL
Timber
MONTH1
5
MONTH2
2
Grid Reference
NZ
NMRNUMBER
NZ 36 NE 709
Northing
567300
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Place
South Shields
Description
SCOTTISH CARGO VESSEL, 1834. Master: Milne. Newcastle Courant 24th October 1834:
`The ROBERT GORDON owned by Milne of Aberdeen from Sunderland with lime, bound for Aberdeen, bore up from the Coquet, for Shields harbour, and in taking Tynemouth Bar fell to leeward, fell upon the Herdsand, where she now remains. Crew saved by the NORTHUMBERLAND lifeboat
Site Type: Broad
Transport Vessel
SITEDESC
SCOTTISH CARGO VESSEL, 1834. Master: Milne. Newcastle Courant 24th October 1834:
`The ROBERT GORDON owned by Milne of Aberdeen from Sunderland with lime, bound for Aberdeen, bore up from the Coquet, for Shields harbour, and in taking Tynemouth Bar fell to leeward, fell upon the Herdsand, where she now remains. Crew saved by the NORTHUMBERLAND lifeboat
Site Name
Herd Sand, Robert Gordon (Robert Garden)
Site Type: Specific
Cargo Vessel
HER Number
14938
Form of Evidence
Wreckage
Sources
National Monuments Record (1362115); 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)l Boswell Whitaker 1979 Preservation of life from shipwreck, volume 1 : Skuetender lifeboat Page(s)64; Parliamentary papers 1836, Select Committee on Shipwreck, 1834, Appendix 7. 17 Page(s)311 (691)
YEAR1
2012
YEAR2
2021
English, British
Class
Maritime Craft
COMP1
Claire MacRae
COMP2
Clare Henderson
DAY1
04
DAY2
11
District
S Tyneside
Easting
437900
Grid ref figure
10
LANDUSE
Marine
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
MATERIAL
Timber
MONTH1
5
MONTH2
2
Grid Reference
NZ
NMRNUMBER
NZ 36 NE 148
Northing
567300
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Place
South Shields
Description
February 1804 wreck of English brig which stranded on the Herd Sand on arriving in the River Tyne from Great Yarmouth during gales; a wooden sailing vessel. Master: Swinhard
Site Type: Broad
Sailing Vessel <By Rig>
SITEDESC
February 1804 wreck of English brig which stranded on the Herd Sand on arriving in the River Tyne from Great Yarmouth during gales; a wooden sailing vessel. Master: Swinhard
Site Name
Herd Sand, Robert and Mary
Site Type: Specific
Brig
HER Number
14937
Form of Evidence
Wreckage
Sources
National Monuments Record (971499); Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 21-FEB-1804, No.4429; 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); Newcastle Courant 18-FEB-1804, No.6645 Page(s)4; Newcastle Courant 25-FEB-1804, No.6646 Page(s)1