Herd Sand, Fortune (Swan)

HER Number

14773

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

Herd Sand, Fortune (Swan)

Place

South Shields

Map Sheet

NZ36NE

Class

Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad

Sailing Vessel <By Rig>

Site Type: Specific

Snow

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Wreckage

Description

1805 wreck of English snow which stranded on the Herd Sand on arriving at Shields with her cargo of barley; a wooden sailing vessel.

Easting

437900

Northing

567300

Grid Reference

NZ437900567300

Sources

National Monuments Record (1340644); Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 17-DEC-1805, No.4280; Newcastle Advertiser 14-DEC-1805, No.896 Page(s)1, 4; Newcastle Courant 14-DEC-1805, No.6740 Page(s)4; Newcastle Courant 28-DEC-1805, No.6742 Page(s)4