South Shields, Herd Sand, John and Jane

HER Number:
14823

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
South Shields, Herd Sand, John and Jane

Place:
South Shields

Map Sheet:
NZ36NE

Class:
Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad:
Transport Vessel

Site Type: Specific:
Cargo Vessel

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Wreckage

Description:
1814 wreck of English cargo vessel which stranded on the Herd Sand on her departure from Shields with coal; a wooden sailing vessel. Master: Cole

Easting:
37900

Northing:
67300

Grid Reference:
NZ3790067300

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
National Monuments Record (971547); Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 17-MAY-1814; 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); T yne Mercury 17-MAY-1814, No.625 Page(s)3; Tyne Mercury 31-MAY-1814, No.627 Page(s)3; Newcastle Courant 21-MAY-1814, No.7180 Page(s)1; Newcastle Advertiser 24-MAY-1814, No.1336 Page(s)4