South Shields, Herd Sand, Hercules

HER Number:
14808

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
South Shields, Herd Sand, Hercules

Place:
South Shields

Map Sheet:
NZ36NE

Class:
Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad:
Sailing Vessel

Site Type: Specific:
Schooner

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Wreckage

Description:
Newcastle Courant 24th October 1834: `...a laden schooner on going to sea, on the 22nd - got upon the Herdsand, and immediately went to pieces.' Master:Allen

Easting:
37900

Northing:
67300

Grid Reference:
NZ3790067300

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
National Monuments Record (1362116); 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); Boswell Whitaker 1979 Preservation of life from shipwreck, volume 1 : Skuetender lifeboat Page(s)64; Parliamentary papers 1836, Select Committee on Shipwreck, 1834, Appendix 7. 17 Page(s)311 (691)