SCOTTISH CARGO VESSEL, 1834. Master: Milne. Newcastle Courant 24th October 1834:
`The ROBERT GORDON owned by Milne of Aberdeen from Sunderland with lime, bound for Aberdeen, bore up from the Coquet, for Shields harbour, and in taking Tynemouth Bar fell to leeward, fell upon the Herdsand, where she now remains. Crew saved by the NORTHUMBERLAND lifeboat

February 1804 wreck of English brig which stranded on the Herd Sand on arriving in the River Tyne from Great Yarmouth during gales; a wooden sailing vessel. Master: Swinhard

1861 November 14th...Two days later, at 10am, the schooner RHODES of North Shields, loaded with ironstone, from Bornefs [sic] to the Tyne, was wrecked on the Herd Sand; the crew of four were rescued by the lifeboat NORTHUMBERLAND. They were: George Stafford, master; W Newhart; Alexander Dulne; James Grens (Whitaker) Master: George Stafford
Crew: 4

`From the Shields Gazette 27th October 1892:

"About 2.30 this morning during the prevalence of a south-east gale, and a heavy sea, a schooner, which proved to be the RESOLUTION of Fowey, Cornwall, was driven ashore, about 300 yards to the south of the south pier, at the mouth of the Tyne. The coastguard on duty immediately fired the alarm signals...Assisted by a number of foyboatmen, the rocket cart was got out, and run down to the beach, and communication was established with the stranded vessel, the first rocket going clean over her. The schooner lay with her head to the shore, and the crew made the line fast to the foremast...The seas were breaking over the vessel with great force, and the gale was increasing, but shortly after 3 o'clock, the first of the crew, a youth named Henry Shea, was landed by the breeches buoy. He was at once taken to the Brigade House...[The] other
three of the crew, William Whitford, Edward Parry, and the mate, Thomas Collings, were landed in quick succession in a more or less exhausted condition. Whitford especially was suffering from exposure, and the journey through the heavy surf...The Captain, Joseph Rosevear, for some reason refused to come ashore and he remained on board until the tide receded. It was high water at 6.38, and as a consequence the water was well up the bulwarks before daybreak, but as the vessel remained on an even keel, no danger to the Captain was anticipated." Master: Joseph Rosevear
Crew: 5

1820 incident in which an English cargo vessel grounded on the Herd Sand, on her arrival from London in ballast, but she was later recovered. Constructed of wood, she was a sailing vessel. Master: Bell

ENGLISH CRAFT, 1871

1799 incident in which an English cargo vessel grounded on the Herd Sand, to be recovered shortly afterwards. En route from St. Petersburg to Shields, she was a wooden sailing vessel. Master: Armstrong

1820 wreck of possible English brig which stranded on the Herd Sand during a snowstorm. En route from Alnmouth to Sunderland, she was a wooden sailing vessel, and may have afterwards been recovered. [The details of this PROVIDENCE and another vessel of the same name involved in this incident may have become confused. See HER 14928.

1852 21st September. WILLIAM AND SARAH...and sloop PROVIDENCE wrecked on Herd Sand (Whitaker).

1766 wreck of English cargo vessel which stranded and bilged on the Herd Sand on leaving Shields for London with coal; a wooden sailing vessel. Master: Meadows. The PROVIDENCE is one of the more common contemporary names for a vessel.