South Shields, Herd Sand, Quintilian (Quintillian, Quintillon

HER Number:
14932

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
South Shields, Herd Sand, Quintilian (Quintillian, Quintillon

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:
1799 incident in which an English cargo vessel grounded on the Herd Sand, to be recovered shortly afterwards. En route from St. Petersburg to Shields, she was a wooden sailing vessel. Master: Armstrong

Easting:
37900

Northing:
67300

Grid Reference:
NZ3790067300

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
National Monuments Record (971468); Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 29-OCT-1799, No.4010; Newcastle Courant 02-NOV-1799, No.6421 Page(s)4