Herd Sand, Maria Anna

HER Number

14839

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

Herd Sand, Maria Anna

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

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Wreckage

Description

1813 wreck of Swedish cargo vessel which stranded on the Herd Sand en route from Gothenburg to Kingston-upon-Hull. Laden with tar, she was a wooden sailing vessel. Master: Lungren

Easting

437900

Northing

567300

Grid Reference

NZ437900567300

Sources

National Monuments Record (971543); Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 07-DEC-1813, No.4827; 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); Tyne Mercury 07-DEC-1813, No.602 Page(s)3