Tyne and Wear HER(14754): South Shields, Herd Sand, Dido - Details
14754
S Tyneside
South Shields, Herd Sand, Dido
South Shields
NZ36NE
Maritime Craft
Sailing Vessel
Brigantine
Early Modern
C19
Wreckage
1823 wreck of English brig which stranded on the Herd Sand during a gale, while attempting to enter Shields for shelter. Having left Sunderland with coal, she was a wooden sailing vessel.
37900
67300
NZ3790067300
National Monuments Record (971627); Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 07-FEB-1823, No.5775; Boswell Whitaker 1979 Preservation of life from shipwreck, volume 1 : Skuetender lifeboat Page(s)49-50; Durham County Advertiser 08-FEB-1823, No.440 Page(s)3; Newcastle Courant 08-FEB-1823, No.7635 Page(s)4