Herd Sand, Oughton

HER Number

14920

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

Herd Sand, Oughton

Place

South Shields

Map Sheet

NZ36NE

Class

Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad

Transport Vessel

Site Type: Specific

Collier

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

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

437900

Northing

567300

Grid Reference

NZ437900567300

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