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Diadem - Foundered 1868

Shields Daily Gazette, October 9th, 1868:
"THE FOUNDERING OF THE DIADEM, OF HARTLEPOOL. The brig Diadem, Butcher, of Hartlepool, from Shields for London (as briefly announced by telegraph on Wednesday), foundered on Tuesday morning off the Dudgeon Lightship. The crew, six in number, left in their own boat, and were picked up and landed at Great Yarmouth on Wednesday by the fishing lugger Young Waiter. The Diadem sunk within 10 minutes after the crew left her. "

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