South Shields, Herd Sand, Minerva (Minnerea)

HER Number:
14907

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
South Shields, Herd Sand, Minerva (Minnerea)

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:
1782 wreck of British cargo vessel which stranded on the Herd Sand on leaving North Shields for London with coal; a wooden sailing vessel.

Easting:
37900

Northing:
67300

Grid Reference:
NZ3790067300

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
National Monuments Record (971434); Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 26-APR-1782, No.1356; 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 27-APR-1782, No.5508 Page(s)4