Diligence: Sinclair's Bay, North Sea
Sloop (19th Century)
Site Name Diligence: Sinclair's Bay, North Sea
Classification Sloop (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Sinclair Bay; Diligence
Canmore ID 268832
Site Number ND35NE 8021
NGR ND 37 56
NGR Description ND c. 37 56
Datum Datum not recorded
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- Council Highland
- Parish Maritime - Highland
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
ND35NE 8021 c. 37 56
N58 29 W3 5
NLO: Sinclair's Bay [name centred ND 37 56].
Possibly on map sheet or ND35SW.
The sloop DILIGENCE, Stewart, of and from Peterhead to Easdale, was wrecked in Sinclair's Bay 20th ult. Crew saved.
Source: The Marine List, LL, No. 5377, London, Tuesday April 13 1819.
NMRS, MS/829/71 (no. 6032).
(Classified as snow: no cargo specified, but date of loss cited as 20 March 1819). Diligence: this vessel was wrecked in Sinclair [Sinclair's] Bay. Capt. Stewart.
Registration: Newcastle. Built 1784. 154 tons burthern. Length 24m. Beam 6m.
(Location of loss cited as N58 31 W3 8).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary.
The classification cited by Whittaker remains unverified.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 29 November 2004.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 8647
Name : DILIGENCE
Latitude : 583100
Longitude : 30800
Date Built : 1784
Registration : NEWCASTLE
Type : SNOW
Tonnage : 154
Tonnage Code : B
Length : 24
Beam : 6
Loss Day : 20
Loss Month : 3
Loss Year : 1819
Comment : Wrecked in Sinclair Bay. Capt. Stewart
