Herd Sand, Maria

HER Number

14182

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

Herd Sand, Maria

Place

South Shields

Map Sheet

NZ36NE

Class

Maritime Craft

Site Type: Specific

Wreck

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Wreckage

Description

16th August 1845: MARIA - Dutch ship wrecked on the Black Middens or Herd Sands

Easting

437000

Northing

567000

Grid Reference

NZ437000567000

Sources

Boswell Whitaker 1979 Preservation of life from shipwreck, volume 1 : Skuetender lifeboat P75; National Monuments Record (1362218)