South Shields, Herd Sand, Eagle

HER Number:
14760

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
South Shields, Herd Sand, Eagle

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:
1830 wreck of English cargo vessel which stranded on the Herd Sand after grounding on Tynemouth Bar on her arrival at Shields from Riga, onward bound to London. Laden with grain and deals, she was a wooden sailing vessel. Master: Batty

Easting:
37900

Northing:
67300

Grid Reference:
NZ3790067300

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
National Monuments Record (1356875);Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 10-DEC-1830, No.6593; Boswell Whitaker 1979 Preservation of life from shipwreck, volume 1 : Skuetender lifeboat Page(s)59; 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 Chronicle 11-DEC-1830 [via Ian T Spokes]; Durham County Advertiser 10-DEC-1830, No.849 [old style numbering]/23 [new style numbering] Page(s)183