South Shields, Herd Sand, Maria Anna

HER Number:
14839

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
South Shields, Herd Sand, Maria Anna

Place:
South Shields

Map Sheet:
NZ36NE

Class:
Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad:
Transport Vessel

Site Type: Specific:
Cargo Vessel

General Period:
Post Medieval

Specific Period:
C18?

Form of Evidence:
Wreckage

Description:
1813 wreck of Swedish cargo vessel which stranded on the Herd Sand en route from Gothenburg to Kingston-upon-Hull. Laden with tar, she was a wooden sailing vessel. Master: Lungren

Easting:
37900

Northing:
67300

Grid Reference:
NZ3790067300

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
National Monuments Record (971543); Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 07-DEC-1813, No.4827; 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); Tyne Mercury 07-DEC-1813, No.602 Page(s)3