South Shields, Herd Sand, Fountain

HER Number:
14774

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
South Shields, Herd Sand, Fountain

Place:
South Shields

Map Sheet:
NZ36NE

Class:
Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad:
Sailing Vessel

Site Type: Specific:
Barque

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Wreckage

Description:
1811 incident in which an English barque grounded on the Herd Sand on leaving Shields with her cargo of coal. This wooden sailing vessel was shortly afterwards recovered and sold.

Easting:
37900

Northing:
67300

Grid Reference:
NZ3790067300

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
National Monuments Record (971525); Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 31-MAY-1811, No.4567; 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 25-MAY-1811, No.7024 Page(s)4; Newcastle Courant 08-JUN-1811, No.7026 Page(s)1