1823 wreck of English cargo vessel which stranded on the Herd Sand during a gale. Bound for London with coal, she was attempting to return to her departure point of Shields; a wooden sailing vessel. Master: Ridley. There is another Favourite listed as wrecked on the bar in 1827 (HER 14469).
Site Type: Broad
Transport Vessel
SITEDESC
1823 wreck of English cargo vessel which stranded on the Herd Sand during a gale. Bound for London with coal, she was attempting to return to her departure point of Shields; a wooden sailing vessel. Master: Ridley. There is another Favourite listed as wrecked on the bar in 1827 (HER 14469).
Site Name
Herd Sand, Favorite (Favourite)
Site Type: Specific
Cargo Vessel
HER Number
14767
Form of Evidence
Wreckage
Sources
National Monuments Record (971621); Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 21-JAN-1823, No.5770; Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 31-JAN-1823, No.5773; Boswell Whitaker 1979 Preservation of life from shipwreck, volume 1 : Skuetender lifeboat Page(s)49-50; Newcastle Courant 25-JAN-1823, No.7633 Page(s)4; Durham County Advertiser 25-JAN-1823, No.438 Page(s)3; Durham County Advertiser 01-FEB-1823, No.439 Page(s)3
YEAR1
2012
YEAR2
2021
English, British
Class
Maritime Craft
COMP1
Claire MacRae
COMP2
Clare Henderson
DAY1
20
DAY2
11
District
S Tyneside
Easting
37900
Grid ref figure
10
LANDUSE
Marine
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
MATERIAL
Timber
MONTH1
04
MONTH2
02
Grid Reference
NZ
NMRNUMBER
NZ 36 NE 190
Northing
67300
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Place
South Shields
Description
1815 incident in which an English cargo vessel grounded on the Herd Sand on her arrival at Shields from Pugwash, to be recovered shortly afterwards. Laden with pine timber, laths, and spars, she was a wooden sailing vessel. Master: Scott
Owner: Thomas Scott, North Shields
Site Type: Broad
Transport Vessel
SITEDESC
1815 incident in which an English cargo vessel grounded on the Herd Sand on her arrival at Shields from Pugwash, to be recovered shortly afterwards. Laden with pine timber, laths, and spars, she was a wooden sailing vessel. Master: Scott
Owner: Thomas Scott, North Shields
Site Name
Herd Sand, Favorite (Favourite)
Site Type: Specific
Cargo Vessel
HER Number
14766
Form of Evidence
Wreckage
Sources
National Monuments Record (971559); Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 03-NOV-1815, No.5019; Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 14-NOV-1815, No.5022; Durham County Advertiser 28-OCT-1815, No.60 Page(s)3
YEAR1
2012
YEAR2
2021
English, British
Class
Maritime Craft
COMP1
Claire MacRae
COMP2
Clare Henderson
DAY1
20
DAY2
11
District
S Tyneside
Easting
37900
Grid ref figure
10
LANDUSE
Marine
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
MONTH1
04
MONTH2
02
Grid Reference
NZ
NMRNUMBER
NZ 36 NE 721
Northing
67300
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
South Shields
Description
From Hodgson's Wreck List:
`25th September 1843: EUPHEMIA of Newcastle wrecked on the Herdsand.'
SITEDESC
From Hodgson's Wreck List:
`25th September 1843: EUPHEMIA of Newcastle wrecked on the Herdsand.'
Site Name
Herd Sand, Euphemia
Site Type: Specific
Craft
HER Number
14765
Form of Evidence
Wreckage
Sources
National Monuments Record (1362202); Boswell Whitaker 1979 Preservation of life from shipwreck, volume 1 : Skuetender lifeboat Page(s)71
YEAR1
2012
YEAR2
2021
English, British
Class
Maritime Craft
COMP1
Claire MacRae
COMP2
Clare Henderson
DAY1
20
DAY2
11
District
S Tyneside
Easting
37900
Grid ref figure
10
LANDUSE
Marine
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
MONTH1
04
MONTH2
02
Grid Reference
NZ
NMRNUMBER
NZ 36 NE 1181
Northing
67300
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
South Shields
Description
1864 wreck of English steam tug which stranded on the Herd Sand while inbound to the Tyne, in the same gale which had wrecked the STANLEY (NMR 1364862); FRIENDSHIP (NMR 1364859) and ARDWELL (NMR 1364863), and in the aftermath of which the MARTIN LUTHER was lost the next day as the storm continued (NMR 1366705). Crew: 4
Owner: Storey and mother
SITEDESC
1864 wreck of English steam tug which stranded on the Herd Sand while inbound to the Tyne, in the same gale which had wrecked the STANLEY (NMR 1364862); FRIENDSHIP (NMR 1364859) and ARDWELL (NMR 1364863), and in the aftermath of which the MARTIN LUTHER was lost the next day as the storm continued (NMR 1366705). Crew: 4
Owner: Storey and mother
Site Name
Herd Sand, Escort
Site Type: Specific
Tug
HER Number
14764
Form of Evidence
Wreckage
Sources
National Monuments Record (1548412); Dundee Courier and Argus 29-NOV-1864, No.3,532
YEAR1
2012
YEAR2
2021
English, British
Class
Maritime Craft
COMP1
Claire MacRae
COMP2
Clare Henderson
DAY1
20
DAY2
11
District
S Tyneside
Easting
37900
Grid ref figure
10
LANDUSE
Marine
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
MONTH1
04
MONTH2
02
Grid Reference
NZ
NMRNUMBER
NZ 36 NE 719
Northing
67300
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
South Shields
Description
From Hodgson's Wreck List:
`24th March 1843: ELIZABETH, Rackow, of Stetten [sic] wrecked on the Herdsand.'
NB: The nationality of the vessel is given as both German and Polish, since the Prussian port of Stettin is now Szczecin in the modern state of Poland.
Built: 1837
Where Built: Stettin (Szczecin)
Master: Rackow
Owner: Rackow
Site Type: Broad
Sailing Vessel <By Rig>
SITEDESC
From Hodgson's Wreck List:
`24th March 1843: ELIZABETH, Rackow, of Stetten [sic] wrecked on the Herdsand.'
NB: The nationality of the vessel is given as both German and Polish, since the Prussian port of Stettin is now Szczecin in the modern state of Poland.
Built: 1837
Where Built: Stettin (Szczecin)
Master: Rackow
Owner: Rackow
Site Name
Herd Sand, Elizabeth
Site Type: Specific
Brigantine
HER Number
14763
Form of Evidence
Wreckage
Sources
National Monuments Record (1362199); Boswell Whitaker 1979 Preservation of life from shipwreck, volume 1 : Skuetender lifeboat Page(s)70; Lloyd's 1964 Lloyd's register of British and foreign shipping 1842, No.440(E)
YEAR1
2012
YEAR2
2021
English, British
Class
Maritime Craft
COMP1
Claire MacRae
COMP2
Clare Henderson
DAY1
20
DAY2
11
District
S Tyneside
Easting
37900
Grid ref figure
10
LANDUSE
Marine
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
MONTH1
04
MONTH2
02
Grid Reference
NZ
NMRNUMBER
NZ 36 NE 722
Northing
67300
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
South Shields
Description
From Hodgson's Wreck List:
`17th October 1843: The ELEANOR and the LARK, both of Yarmouth, wrecked on the Herdsand.'
SITEDESC
From Hodgson's Wreck List:
`17th October 1843: The ELEANOR and the LARK, both of Yarmouth, wrecked on the Herdsand.'
Site Name
Herd Sand, Eleanor
Site Type: Specific
Craft
HER Number
14762
Form of Evidence
Wreckage
Sources
National Monuments Record (1362203); Boswell Whitaker 1979 Preservation of life from shipwreck, volume 1 : Skuetender lifeboat Page(s)71
YEAR1
2012
YEAR2
2021
English, British
Class
Maritime Craft
COMP1
Claire MacRae
COMP2
Clare Henderson
DAY1
20
DAY2
11
District
S Tyneside
Easting
37900
Grid ref figure
10
LANDUSE
Marine
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
MONTH1
04
MONTH2
02
Grid Reference
NZ
NMRNUMBER
NZ 36 NE 297
Northing
67300
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
South Shields
Description
American barque broke from her moorings and drove on the sand bank in westerly wind conditions and fog 1852.
Registered at Plymouth, Mass.
Master: Ripley
Crew: 13
Site Type: Broad
Sailing Vessel <By Rig>
SITEDESC
American barque broke from her moorings and drove on the sand bank in westerly wind conditions and fog 1852.
Registered at Plymouth, Mass.
Master: Ripley
Crew: 13
Site Name
Herd Sand, Edward Cohen
Site Type: Specific
Barque
HER Number
14761
Form of Evidence
Wreckage
Sources
National Monuments Record (987154); United Kingdom shipwreck index [pre publication typescript]; 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)
YEAR1
2012
YEAR2
2021
English, British
Class
Maritime Craft
COMP1
Claire MacRae
COMP2
Clare Henderson
DAY1
20
DAY2
11
District
S Tyneside
Easting
37900
Grid ref figure
10
LANDUSE
Marine
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
MATERIAL
Timber
MONTH1
04
MONTH2
02
Grid Reference
NZ
NMRNUMBER
NZ 36 NE 687
Northing
67300
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Place
South Shields
Description
1830 wreck of English cargo vessel which stranded on the Herd Sand after grounding on Tynemouth Bar on her arrival at Shields from Riga, onward bound to London. Laden with grain and deals, she was a wooden sailing vessel. Master: Batty
Site Type: Broad
Transport Vessel
SITEDESC
1830 wreck of English cargo vessel which stranded on the Herd Sand after grounding on Tynemouth Bar on her arrival at Shields from Riga, onward bound to London. Laden with grain and deals, she was a wooden sailing vessel. Master: Batty
Site Name
Herd Sand, Eagle
Site Type: Specific
Cargo Vessel
HER Number
14760
Form of Evidence
Wreckage
Sources
National Monuments Record (1356875);Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 10-DEC-1830, No.6593; Boswell Whitaker 1979 Preservation of life from shipwreck, volume 1 : Skuetender lifeboat
Page(s)59; 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 Chronicle 11-DEC-1830 [via Ian T Spokes]; Durham County Advertiser 10-DEC-1830, No.849 [old style numbering]/23 [new style numbering] Page(s)183
YEAR1
2012
YEAR2
2021
English, British
Class
Maritime Craft
COMP1
Claire MacRae
COMP2
Clare Henderson
DAY1
20
DAY2
11
District
S Tyneside
Easting
37900
Grid ref figure
10
LANDUSE
Marine
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
MATERIAL
Timber
MONTH1
04
MONTH2
02
Grid Reference
NZ
NMRNUMBER
NZ 36 NE 89
Northing
67300
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Place
South Shields
Description
1762 wreck of English cargo vessel which stranded on the Herd Sand in a snowstorm on her passage from London in ballast; a wooden sailing vessel.
Site Type: Broad
Transport Vessel
SITEDESC
1762 wreck of English cargo vessel which stranded on the Herd Sand in a snowstorm on her passage from London in ballast; a wooden sailing vessel.
Site Name
Herd Sand, Duke of York
Site Type: Specific
Cargo Vessel
HER Number
14759
Form of Evidence
Wreckage
Sources
National Monuments Record (971405); Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 05-MAR-1762, No.2728; 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 27-FEB-1762, No.4458 Page(s)2; Newcastle Courant 06-MAR-1762, No.4459 Page(s)2; Newcastle Courant 13-MAR-1762, No.4460 Page(s)2
YEAR1
2012
YEAR2
2021
English, British
Class
Maritime Craft
COMP1
Claire MacRae
COMP2
Clare Henderson
DAY1
20
DAY2
11
District
S Tyneside
Easting
37900
Grid ref figure
10
LANDUSE
Marine
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
MONTH1
04
MONTH2
02
Grid Reference
NZ
NMRNUMBER
NZ 36 NE 546
Northing
67300
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
South Shields
Description
Vessel stranded and lost in wind conditions E force 9, 1872. Built: 1841
Maser: Charles Sims
Crew: 7
Crew Lost: 2
Owner: J Byerly
Site Type: Broad
Sailing Vessel <By Rig>
SITEDESC
Vessel stranded and lost in wind conditions E force 9, 1872. Built: 1841
Maser: Charles Sims
Crew: 7
Crew Lost: 2
Owner: J Byerly
Site Name
Herd Sand, Duff
Site Type: Specific
Brigantine
HER Number
14758
Form of Evidence
Wreckage
Sources
National Monuments Record (1032002); United Kingdom shipwreck index [pre publication typescript]; Peter Collings 1988 The illustrated dictionary of north east shipwrecks Page(s)45; 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); Boswell Whitaker 1980 Preservation of life from shipwreck, volume 2 : South Shields Volunteer Life Brigade Page(s)82-3