Herd Sand, Isabella

HER Number

14814

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

Herd Sand, Isabella

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

1814 incident in which a British cargo vessel grounded on the Herd Sand on her departure from Newcastle-upon-Tyne for Dundee with coal. This wooden sailing vessel was shortly afterwards recovered. Master: Douglas

Easting

437900

Northing

567000

Grid Reference

NZ437900567000

Sources

National Monuments Record (1343901);Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 11-OCT-1814 [no issue number]; 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 15-OCT-1814, No.7201 Page(s)4