South Shields, Herd Sand, Oughton

HER Number:
14920

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
South Shields, Herd Sand, Oughton

Place:
South Shields

Map Sheet:
NZ36NE

Class:
Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad:
Transport Vessel

Site Type: Specific:
Collier

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19?

Form of Evidence:
Wreckage

Description:
1812 wreck of English collier which stranded on the Herd Sand on her departure from Shields. Laden with coal, she was a wooden sailing vessel. She was later recovered and the crew saved.

Easting:
37900

Northing:
67300

Grid Reference:
NZ3790067300

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
National Monuments Record (1342665); Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 08-SEP-1812, No.4700; 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 08-SEP-1812, No.538 Page(s)3