South Shields, Herd Sand, Thomas

HER Number:
15007

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
South Shields, Herd Sand, Thomas

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:
1810 wreck of English cargo vessel which stranded and bilged near the Wheel, on the Herd Sand, on her departure from Shields. Laden with coal, she was a wooden sailing vessel. Master: Chambers. Crew saved.

Easting:
37900

Northing:
67300

Grid Reference:
NZ3790067300

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
National Monuments Record (971515); Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 13-MAR-1810, No.4440; 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 10-MAR-1810, No.6961 Page(s)4