South Shields, Herd Sand, Commerce

HER Number:
14748

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
South Shields, Herd Sand, Commerce

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:
From Hodgson's Wreck Register, 1903: `...13th September 1831. The HENRY AND HARRIET, and COMMERCE of Newcastle, both wrecked on the Herdsand.'

Easting:
37900

Northing:
67300

Grid Reference:
NZ3790067300

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
National Monuments Record (1356981); Boswell Whitaker 1979 Preservation of life from shipwreck, volume 1 : Skuetender lifeboat Page(s)59