Herd Sand, Meanwell

HER Number

14905

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

Herd Sand, Meanwell

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

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Wreckage

Description

1810 incident in which an English cargo vessel grounded on the Herd Sand, but which was shortly afterwards recovered. Laden with coal, she was a wooden sailing vessel. Master: Smith

Easting

437900

Northing

567300

Grid Reference

NZ437900567300

Sources

National Monuments Record (971517); Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 17-AUG-1810, No.4485; 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 Advertiser 18-AUG-1810, No.1140 Page(s)4