South Shields, Herd Sand, Providence

HER Number:
14928

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
South Shields, Herd Sand, Providence

Place:
South Shields

Map Sheet:
NZ36NE

Class:
Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad:
Transport Vessel

Site Type: Specific:
Cargo Vessel

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Wreckage

Description:
1820 incident in which an English cargo vessel grounded and bilged on the Herd Sand on her arrival at Shields from London in ballast. This wooden sailing vessel was shortly afterwards recovered, but the details of the recovery of this wreck may have become confused with those of another PROVIDENCE involved in the same incident. The PROVIDENCE is one of the more common contemporary names for a vessel.

Easting:
37900

Northing:
67300

Grid Reference:
NZ3790067300

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
National Monuments Record (971604); Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 25-JAN-1820, No.5459; Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 01-SEP-1820, No.5522; Durham County Advertiser 22-JAN-1820, No.281 Page(s)3; Newcastle Courant 22-JAN-1820, No.7476 Page(s)4; Newcastle Courant 02-SEP-1820, No.7508 Page(s)4