South Shields, Herd Sand, Brothers

HER Number:
14720

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
South Shields, Herd Sand, Brothers

Place:
South Shields

Map Sheet:
NZ36NE

Class:
Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad:
Sailing Vessel

Site Type: Specific:
Sloop

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Wreckage

Description:
1823 incident in which an English sloop grounded on the Herd Sand during a gale, while en route from Sunderland to Hastings. This wooden sailing vessel was shortly afterwards recovered. Master: Depiose or Depose

Easting:
37900

Northing:
67300

Grid Reference:
NZ3790067300

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
National Monuments Record (1349782); Boswell Whitaker 1979 Preservation of life from shipwreck, volume 1 : Skuetender lifeboat Page(s)49-50; Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 07-FEB-1823, No.5775; Newcastle Courant 08-FEB-1823, No.7635 Page(s)4; Durham County Advertiser 08-FEB-1823, No.440 Page(s)3; Durham County Advertiser 22-FEB-1823, No.442 Page(s)3