South Shields, Herd Sand, Mary

HER Number:
14900

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
South Shields, Herd Sand, Mary

Place:
South Shields

Map Sheet:
NZ36NE

Class:
Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad:
Sailing Vessel

Site Type: Specific:

General Period:
Post Medieval

Specific Period:
C18

Form of Evidence:
Wreckage

Description:
1797 incident in which an English craft grounded on the Herd Sand on arriving at Shields from London, but was shortly afterwards recovered; a wooden sailing vessel.

Easting:
37900

Northing:
67300

Grid Reference:
NZ3790067300

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
National Monuments Record (971463); Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 05-DEC-1797, No.2973; 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 02-DEC-1797, No.6321 Page(s)4; Newcastle Advertiser 02-DEC-1797, No.477 Page(s)2; Newcastle Courant 09-DEC-1797, No.6322 Page(s)4