Tyne and Wear HER(14708): South Shields, Herd Sand, Beaver - Details
14708
S Tyneside
South Shields, Herd Sand, Beaver
South Shields
NZ36NE
Maritime Craft
Transport Vessel
Collier
Post Medieval
C18
Wreckage
1797 wreck of English collier which stranded on the Herd Sand on entering Shields from London; a wooden sailing vessel.
37900
67300
NZ3790067300
National Monuments Record (971464); Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 05-DEC-1797, No.2973; 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 02-DEC-1797, No.6321 Page(s)4; Newcastle Advertiser 02-DEC-1797, No.477 Page(s)2; Newcastle Courant 09-DEC-1797, No.6322 Page(s)1, 4