South Shields, Herd Sand, Haabet (Hoop)

HER Number:
14785

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
South Shields, Herd Sand, Haabet (Hoop)

Place:
South Shields

Map Sheet:
NZ36NE

Class:
Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad:
Sailing Vessel

Site Type: Specific:
Galliot

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Wreckage

Description:
1814 incident in which a Danish galliot grounded on the Herd Sand on her arrival at Newcastle-upon-Tyne from Larvik, and was later recovered. Laden with deals and spars, she was a wooden sailing vessel. Crew saved.

Easting:
37900

Northing:
67300

Grid Reference:
NZ3790067300

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
National Monuments Record (1343897); Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 11-OCT-1814 [no issue number]; 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 15-OCT-1814, No.7201 Page(s)4