South Shields, Herd Sand, Isabella

HER Number:
15097

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
South Shields, Herd Sand, Isabella

Place:
South Shields

Map Sheet:
NZ36NE

Class:
Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad:
Sailing Vessel

Site Type: Specific:

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Wreckage

Description:
1812 wreck of English craft which stranded on the south end of the Herd Sand on her departure from Shields; a wooden sailing vessel. Master: Twizzell. Crew saved.

Easting:
37900

Northing:
67300

Grid Reference:
NZ3790067300

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
National Monuments Record (971537); 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; Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 27-OCT-1812, No.4714; Tyne Mercury 27-OCT-1812, No.544 Page(s)3; Tyne Mercury 19-JAN-1813, No.556 Page(s)3