South Shields, Herd Sand, Good Intent

HER Number:
14784

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
South Shields, Herd Sand, Good Intent

Place:
South Shields

Map Sheet:
NZ36NE

Class:
Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad:
Transport Vessel

Site Type: Specific:
Collier

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Wreckage

Description:
1831 wreck of English collier which stranded on the Herd Sand while entering Shields in ballast; a wooden sailing vessel. Master: Osborn

Easting:
37900

Northing:
67300

Grid Reference:
NZ3790067300

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
National Monuments Record (1356897); Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 08-FEB-1831, No.6610; 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 05-FEB-1831 [via Ian T Spokes]