South Shields, Herd Sand, Mary and Margaret

HER Number:
14902

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
South Shields, Herd Sand, Mary and Margaret

Place:
South Shields

Map Sheet:
NZ36NE

Class:
Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad:
Sailing Vessel

Site Type: Specific:
Brigantine

General Period:
Post Medieval

Specific Period:
C18

Form of Evidence:
Wreckage

Description:
1792 wreck of English brig which stranded on the Herd Sand and collided with a nearby wreck. Laden with spars, she was a wooden sailing vessel.

Easting:
37900

Northing:
67300

Grid Reference:
NZ3790067300

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
National Monuments Record (987070); United Kingdom shipwreck index [pre publication typescript]; 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 10-MAR-1792, No.6022 Page(s)4