South Shields, Herd Sand, Duke of York

HER Number:
14759

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
South Shields, Herd Sand, Duke of York

Place:
South Shields

Map Sheet:
NZ36NE

Class:
Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad:
Transport Vessel

Site Type: Specific:
Cargo Vessel

General Period:
Post Medieval

Specific Period:
C18

Form of Evidence:
Wreckage

Description:
1762 wreck of English cargo vessel which stranded on the Herd Sand in a snowstorm on her passage from London in ballast; a wooden sailing vessel.

Easting:
37900

Northing:
67300

Grid Reference:
NZ3790067300

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
National Monuments Record (971405); Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 05-MAR-1762, No.2728; 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 27-FEB-1762, No.4458 Page(s)2; Newcastle Courant 06-MAR-1762, No.4459 Page(s)2; Newcastle Courant 13-MAR-1762, No.4460 Page(s)2