Tynemouth, Diligent
Tynemouth, Diligent
HER Number
13974
District
N Tyneside
Site Name
Tynemouth, Diligent
Place
Tynemouth
Map Sheet
NZ46NE
Class
Maritime Craft
Site Type: Broad
Transport Vessel
Site Type: Specific
Cargo Vessel
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Wreckage
Description
`This very new steamship was offshore from Tynemouth with a compass adjuster on board, swinging her compasses for the first time, when she was involved in collision with the Newcastle registered s.s FILEY, causing the DILIGENT to founder without loss of life.' (1)
Master: R Eggleton
Owner: J Westol, Sunderland
Built: 1878
Engine: Screw driven, 2 cylinder compound engine
Boilers: 1
Crew: 24
Passengers: 1
Master: R Eggleton
Owner: J Westol, Sunderland
Built: 1878
Engine: Screw driven, 2 cylinder compound engine
Boilers: 1
Crew: 24
Passengers: 1
Easting
447950
Northing
569850
Grid Reference
NZ447950569850
Sources
National Monument Record (1365186), Larn, R & B, (1997) Shipwreck index of the British Isles, Volume 3. The east coast of England: Essex, Suffolk, Norfolk, Lincolnshire, Yorkshire, Co.Durham, Northumberland, Section 6, County Durham