South Shields, Herd Sand, Argo

HER Number:
14703

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
South Shields, Herd Sand, Argo

Place:
South Shields

Map Sheet:
NZ36NE

Class:
Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad:
Transport Vessel

Site Type: Specific:
Cargo Vessel

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Wreckage

Description:
1831 wreck of English cargo vessel which stranded on the Herd Sand after running for shelter in Shields harbour during a gale with snow. Laden with coal from Sunderland, she was a wooden sailing vessel.

Easting:
37900

Northing:
67300

Grid Reference:
NZ3790067300

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
National Monuments Record (1047763); Sunderland and Durham general shipping gazette and mercantile advertiser 05-FEB-1831; Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 08-FEB-1831, No.6610; Boswell Whitaker 1979 Preservation of life from shipwreck, volume 1 : Skuetender lifeboat Page(s)59; Durham County Advertiser 04-FEB-1831, No.857 [old series]/31 [new series] Page(s)247; Newcastle Chronicle 05-FEB-1831 [via Ian T Spokes]