Diligence: North Sea
Sloop (19th Century)
Site Name Diligence: North Sea
Classification Sloop (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) 'About Half-a-mile South Of Stonehaven'; Bowdun Head; Trelung Ness; Diligence
Canmore ID 283191
Site Number NO88SE 8014
NGR NO 88 84
NGR Description NO c. 88 84
Datum Datum not recorded
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- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Maritime - Aberdeenshire
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NO88SE 8014 c. 88 84
N56 57 W2 12
NLO: Stonehaven [name: NO 875 858]
Bowdun Head [name: NO 885 845]
Trelung Ness [name: NO 880 816].
Possibly on map sheet NO88NE.
Aberdeen, 19th Mar. The DILIGENCE (sloop), of Grangemouth, was driven on shore yesterday morning about half-a-mile South of Stonehaven, and has become a complete wreck: crew saved.
Source: The Marine List, LL, No. 12,786, London, Tuesday March 20 1855.
NMRS, MS/829/72 (no. 9115).
(Classified as sloop: no cargo specified, but date of loss cited as 18 March 1855). Diligence: this vessel was wrecked 0.5 mile S of Stonehaven.
Registration: Grangemouth. Built 1803. 40 tons burthern.
(Location of loss cited as N56 57.00 W2 10.00).
I G Whittaker 1998.
(Location entered as NO c. 88 84 [N56 57 W2 12]). The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative. The vessel most probably stranded in the vicinty of Bowdun Head or a short distance to the S, towards Trelung Ness.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 3 October 2006.
Loss (18 March 1855)
Aberdeen, 19th Mar. The DILIGENCE (sloop), of Grangemouth, was driven on shore yesterday morning about half-a-mile South of Stonehaven, and has become a complete wreck: crew saved.
Source: The Marine List, LL, No. 12,786, London, Tuesday March 20 1855.
NMRS, MS/829/72 (no. 9115).
(Classified as sloop: no cargo specified, but date of loss cited as 18 March 1855). Diligence: this vessel was wrecked 0.5 mile S of Stonehaven.
Registration: Grangemouth. Built 1803. 40 tons burthern.
(Location of loss cited as N56 57.00 W2 10.00).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Named Location (Nlo) (3 October 1916)
NLO: Stonehaven [name: NO 875 858]
Bowdun Head [name: NO 885 845]
Trelung Ness [name: NO 880 816].
Possibly on map sheet NO88NE.
Note (3 October 2006)
(Location entered as NO c. 88 84 [N56 57 W2 12]). The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative. The vessel most probably stranded in the vicinty of Bowdun Head or a short distance to the S, towards Trelung Ness.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 3 October 2006.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 13677
Name : DILIGENCE
Latitude : 565700
Longitude : 21000
Date Built : 1803
Registration : GRANGEMOUTH
Type : SLOOP
Tonnage : 40
Tonnage Code : B
Loss Day : 18
Loss Month : 3
Loss Year : 1855
Comment : Wrecked 0.5 mile south of Stonehaven.