South Shields, Herd Sand, Britannia

HER Number:
15114

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
South Shields, Herd Sand, Britannia

Place:
South Shields

Map Sheet:
NZ36NE

Class:
Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad:

Site Type: Specific:
Craft

General Period:
Post Medieval

Specific Period:
C18

Form of Evidence:
Wreckage

Description:
English Craft wrecked on Herd Sance 1771. Master: Jackson

Easting:
37900

Northing:
67300

Grid Reference:
NZ3790067300

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
National Monuments Record (987068); United Kingdom shipwreck index [pre publication typescript]; Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 03-DEC-1771, No.281; George B Hodgson 1904 Wreck register for the north-east coast : a complete list of local shipping disasters from the earliest times to the end of 1902 Page(s)6; 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)