South Shields, Herd Sand, Ann

HER Number:
14697

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
South Shields, Herd Sand, Ann

Place:
South Shields

Map Sheet:
NZ36NE

Class:
Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad:
Sailing Vessel

Site Type: Specific:
Brigantine

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Wreckage

Description:
1816 wreck of English brig which stranded on the Herd Sand on her passage from Great Yarmouth to Leith with corn, while calling at Shields. Constructed of oak, she was a sailing vessel.

Easting:
37900

Northing:
67300

Grid Reference:
NZ3790067300

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
National Monuments Record (971567); Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 03-JAN-1817, No.5140; 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); Parliamentary papers 1836, Select Committee on Shipwreck, 1817, Appendix 7 17 Page(s)284(664); Boswell Whitaker 1979 Preservation of life from shipwreck, volume 1 : Skuetender lifeboat Page(s)44; Newcastle Courant 04-JAN-1817, No.7317 Page(s)4; Durham County Advertiser 04-JAN-1817, No.122 Page(s)3; Newcastle Courant 04-JAN-1817, No.7317 Page(s)4; Durham County Advertiser 18-JAN-1817, No.124 Page(s)3; Newcastle Courant 01-FEB-1817, No.7321 Page(s)4