Tyne and Wear HER(14770): South Shields, Herd Sand, Flora - Details
14770
S Tyneside
South Shields, Herd Sand, Flora
South Shields
NZ36NE
Maritime Craft
Transport Vessel
Collier
Early Modern
C19
Wreckage
1784 wreck of English collier which stranded on the Herd Sand on leaving Shields with coal; a wooden sailing vessel.
37900
67300
NZ3790067300
National Monuments Record (971439); Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 05-NOV-1784, No.1618; 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 30-OCT-1784, No.5638 Page(s)4; Newcastle Courant 06-NOV-1784, No.5639 Page(s)1, 4