South Shields, Herd Sand, Robert and Mary

HER Number:
14937

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
South Shields, Herd Sand, Robert and Mary

Place:
South Shields

Map Sheet:
NZ36NE

Class:
Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad:
Sailing Vessel

Site Type: Specific:
Brig

General Period:
Post Medieval

Specific Period:
C18

Form of Evidence:
Wreckage

Description:
February 1804 wreck of English brig which stranded on the Herd Sand on arriving in the River Tyne from Great Yarmouth during gales; a wooden sailing vessel. Master: Swinhard

Easting:
37900

Northing:
67300

Grid Reference:
NZ3790067300

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
National Monuments Record (971499); Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 21-FEB-1804, No.4429; 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 18-FEB-1804, No.6645 Page(s)4; Newcastle Courant 25-FEB-1804, No.6646 Page(s)1