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Silksworth

Names and owners

Year

Name

Owner

1882 Silksworth Marquis of Londonderry
1884 Silksworth R. de Clare, Yeld & Co.
1885 Silksworth First Northern S.S. Co.
1886 Silksworth Plate S.S. Co.
1888 Ocampo Plate S.S. Co.
1889 Bywell Wm. France, Fenwick & Co. Ltd.

Fate

On a voyage from Shields for Calais in ballast Bywell sank after a collision in dense fog with the Caradoc off the Longsand on 11 January 1894.