[3] Sinking of Queen Charlotte: On 27 October 1827 the smack Queen Charlotte, Nicholson, master, was sailing from Leith to London with passengers and cargo when Silvia/Sylvan, of Shields, ran into her off Lowestoffe and cut her in half.

Nicholson barely had time to get his crew and passengers aboard Silvia before Queen Charlotte sank without a trace.

[4] On 23 July 1831 Silvan, Gilham, master, delivered 62 settlers from Yarmouth to Quebec.

[5] On 4 June 1832 Sylvan, Gilham, master, arrived at Quebec with 16 immigrants that she had brought from Yarmouth.

Sylvan, Stephenson, master, of North Shields, was wrecked on 29 March 1834 in the Kattegat.