Anglesey built vessels 1899-99

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Steam vessels built Anglesey:

Wooden paddle steamer Solway, built Holyhead 1826, services from Port Carlisle, wrecked 1841.
Wooden paddle steamer Cumberland, built Holyhead 1826, services from Port Carlisle to 1835, coverted to sail 1839. Lost 1849 Phillipines.

Iron (mostly screw) vessels built Amlwch:

W S Caine, built William Thomas, yd.15, iron SS 74nrt, 1883 ON87232; more history. Broken up 1922.
Exchange 1884 iron built William Thomas, Amlwch, yd.16. Sunk by UB39 in 1917.
Anglesea 1884 iron, built William Thomas, Amlwch, yd.17. By 1888 Goeland of Bordeaux, 1893 Comercio of Bilbao, aground 1917.
Prince Ja Ja 1890 steel built William Thomas, Amlwch, yd.29. By 1902 Matje of Hull. Broken up 1935.

[from The North Wales Chronicle and Advertiser for the Principality 26 July 1890]:
TRIAL TRIP OF THE STEAMSHIP PRINCE JA JA, The Liverpool, Carnarvon, and Menai Straits Steamship Company was formed in 1873 to supply a great demand in the conveyance of goods between Liverpool, Beaumaris, Bangor, Menai Bridge and Carnarvon. For some time the steamship Prince Frederick William, which had done service between Calais and Dover, was employed. This had to be replaced for a more commodious steamer, the King Ja Ja, in 1874, commanded by Captain Anderson, who has made about eighteen hundred round trips between Liverpool and Carnarvon during the past seventeen years without a single serious mishap. Such has been the regularity of the service, and the financial results of the company, that the directors, Messrs J. Roberts, M.P., J. de Winton, C. H. Rees (Carnarvon); and the managers, Messrs R. Mills and Co., James-street, Liverpool, were compelled to order a new steamship, which they placed to the order of the well-known firm of Messrs W. Thomas & Sons, iron and wood shipbuilders, Amlwch, who have executed the order to the thorough satisfaction of all concerned. She is built of steel, far in excess of Lloyd's rules in strength. She is 140 feet long, 24 feet beam, and 10 feet deep. Her decks are of iron. A roomy cabin for a few passengers with sleeping rooms and warmed by steam coil. The accommodation for the officers and crew is excellent. Special care has been taken to render her safe and thoroughly sea-worthy, and fit to encounter any weather, to make her passages with the utmost regularity, being nearly double the cargo capacity of the King Ja Ja. She will fully meet the fast increasing traffic, thus obviating the inconvenience that has latterly been experienced from the King Ja Ja having insufficient cargo capacity.
The new steamship was engined by Messrs De Winton and Co., Carnarvon. The engines are compound surface condensing of 60 H.P. nominal, and about 350 actual horse power. They have cylinders 18 and 36 in. diameter by 24 inches stroke, and make 120 revolutions per minute. The boiler is of steel tested to 200lbs per square inch by Lloyd's, and to work at 100lbs pressure. There is a powerful donkey boiler and donkey engine, two powerful steam winches for working cargo, and every appliance to insure economy and despatch. During the trial ran on Wednesday from Carnarvon to Liverpool, the machinery worked in the most satisfactory manner. There was no trouble of any kind, and an entire absence of vibration, shewing the vessel to be of unusual strength. Although no attempt was made to attain the full speed, the results showed that the vessel will considerably exceed the King Ja Ja in speed. As the latter steamship will still be retained as an auxiliary, there is now a certainty of the increasing demands of the trade being satisfied. There can be no doubt that the new steamer, whilst adding to the profits of the company, will prove a great convenience to the public. .... During the past sixteen years, the firm of Messrs De Winton and Co. Carnarvon, have engined a large number of steam-yachts - upwards of fifty. They have also engined the following foreign sailing steamships: Mimosa, Linda, Cincora, Taurida, carrying about 1400 tons each; Livadia, Nesta, Miniera, Bernina, and Orianda, carrying about 2100 tons each; Herbert, Tulera, carrying about 300 tons each.
The following steam-ships constructed by Messrs W. Thomas and Sons, Amlwch: Exchange, W. B. Caine, Lady Kate, Lady Bessie, and Anglesey, and Prince Ja Ja, carrying about 300 tons each, were all engined by Messrs De Winton and Co., Carnarvon, and have given the builders perfect satisfaction. ... The whole construction of the steam-ship, Prince Ja Ja, at Amlwch and at Carnarvon, was under the special superintendence of Captain Lewis Thomas, of the firm of Messrs W. Thomas and Sons, shipbuilders, Amlwch. [Lady Bessie and Lady Kate built Duddon].

New St George, later named Prince George, Conwy river paddle steamer; more history.
Cygnus, iron SS built William Thomas, Amlwch 1891, yd.23, 133nrt. Sank, collision 1897.

Sailing vessels built Anglesey:
Menai Bridge, Beaumaris, Red Wharf Bay, Amlwch, Cemaes, Holyhead.

Built Menai Bridge (and Cadnant nearby)

Vigour Sl 28t 1847 ON16443, built Cadnant;
Ordovic yacht 1852; built Menai Bridge;
Glan Menai Sr 54t 1853 ON16418, built Menai Bridge;
Unknown Cu 20t 1859 ON?, built Menai Bridge;
Matthew Owen Sr 68t 1859 ON27339, built Menai Bridge;
Kittiwake/Laurita Cu 14t 1866 ON63351, built Cadnant, broken up 1904;

Built Beaumaris

Warren Bulkley Sp 74t 1803, built Beaumaris.
Esther Bg 108t 1815, built Henry Jones, Beaumaris
Eliza Ann Sr 77t 1836, built H. Jones, Beaumaris,
Lady Bulkeley Sk 44t 1837 ON10624, built Beaumaris;
Elizabeth Sr 41t 1843, built Beaumaris
Martha Sr 98t 1858 ON20564, built Beaumaris;
Sir Richard Sr 68t 1858 ON21270; built Beaumaris;
Elizabeth Sr/K 56t 1859 ON21273, built Beaumaris;
Sally (ex-Agnes) Cu 17t 1870 ON63357, built Beaumaris;
Curlew Cu 6t 1873 ON69362, built Beaumaris;

Built Red Wharf Bay (Traeth Coch).
Traethbychan nearby can be confused with a location of the same name (also called Traeth Bach) near Tremadog (historically in Merioneth) which was active in shipbuilding in the earlly 1800s.

Lady Robert Williams Sn 168t 1821, built Red Wharf Bay;
Walter Johnston Sr 77t 1833 ON4213, built Beaumaris/Traethbychan;
Upton Sm 35t 1838 ON22655, built Red Wharf Bay;

Built Amlwch. Some history.

Built Treweek.

Unity Sl 68t 1825
Marquis of Anglesey Sl 65t 1826 ON12093
Margaret Sl 43t 1827
Eleanor Sm 17t 1829
James & Jane Bn 130t 1830
Amlwch Packet Sm/Sr 37t 1832 ON1545
Sarah Sm 18t 1834
Cymraes Sl 22t 1839 ON16479
Jane & Margaret Sl 56t 1836 ON18209
Mary Owen Sr 53t 1839
Economy Sr 60t 1840 ON11630
Catherine Sr 63r 1842 ON20561
Cymro Sm 18t 1844 ON10646
Alliance Sr 93t 1858 ON21266
Sea Queen Sr 82t 1861 ON29223
Princess of Wales Iron Sr 115t 1864 ON50470
Perseverance Sr 100t 1866 ON56212.

Built Hughes, Thomas & Co.
Mary Catherine Iron Sr/Ke 76/62t 1858 ON21269
Grace Evans Iron Sr 89t 1859 ON27729

Built W C Paynter.
In 1851: William Cox Paynter (33) was established as a Timber Merchant, a role vital for mine baulks and ship ribs.
Charles Edwin Sr 93t 1859 ON27724
Mary Fanny Sr 92t 1862 ON43868
Jane Gray 124t 1865 ON47046
Charles Flat 48t 1872 ON63358, reg. closed 1916.
Camborne Sr(3mast) 109t 1885 ON87234, MV by 1920
Ailsie Sr(3mast) 98t 1892 ON97574
Donald & Doris Sr(3mast) 1897 ON102465 (newspaper reports built in Captain Morgan's yard)

Built William Thomas.
William Thomas and Sons, Amlwch Port, Anglesey, were shipbuilders, ship repairers and shipowners and managers. Captain William Thomas (1822-1893) was the son of Lewis Thomas, Cae Pant, Llaneilian. By 1858 he was involved with shipbuilding and by the mid 1860s was managing more than a dozen vessels. By 1870 he was living at Ponc Taldrwst, Llaneilian, and the owner of a warehouse and yards at Amlwch Port. By 1872 he had bought the Treweek yard and dry dock, and had a ship chandlery business and close connections with Duddon/Millom in Cumbria and William Thomas and Co. of Liverpool. He also became an Anglesey County Councillor. In the 1880s, the firm base established by Captain Thomas was expanded and developed by his sons William ([1862]-1930) (who trained as a naval engineer) and Lewis (died [c. 1915]).

Welsh Girl Sr 99t 1869 ON56220. Vessel wrecked at Cemlyn, 21/3/1882. Crew saved. Crew list.
Lewis & Mary Sr 70t 1870 ON63354, 1874 Antwerp to Greenock, crew list, missing.
Holy Wath Sr 99nrt 1872 yd.1 ON58198, rc 1925.
Cumberland Lassie Bn 199nrt 1874 yd.3 ON70467, 15/01/1918 - broke her moorings having anchored South of Aldeburgh and drove ashore.
Mersey Sr 79t 1875 ON70945. MDHB Pilot schooner. Wooden. 02/12/1885, sank after being run down by s.s. Landana off the Bar Light Vessel, River Mersey.
Baron Hill, yd.5, wooden 3-masted schooner 209nrt, 1876 ON74520; stranded 1898, More history
Lady Neave Sr 79nrt 1876 ON63362 yd.7, sunk by collision 1911.
Nesta Sr 104nrt 1878 yd.8 ON79101 rc1903
Eilian Hill Sr 99nrt 1878 ON79103 yd.9. Collision 15/12/1882 off Penzance.
Nantglyn Sr 103t 1877 ON63364 yd.10, lost all hands Oct 1881
Margaret Sr 72nrt 1879 ON79108 yd.12, lost 1897, with 2 crew lost.
Glyndwr Sm/Sr 26t 1879 ON79105 reg Chester, wr Hoylake 9 January 1886, rc 1911
Pearl Sr 90nrt 1880 ON79109 yd.13. By 1920, 7hp engine added.
President Garfield Sr 48t 1881 ON76110, to Bideford, ashore near Bude 1911.
Elizabeth Peers iron Sr 103t 1885 ON83998 yd.18. Abandoned 1893.
Gelert iron Sr 3-mast 223t 1887 ON87238 yd.19, wrecked Catalinita Island 26 April 1890, crew list.
Eilian Sr 92t 1889 ON87240 yd.20 rc 1899, sunk collision 6 July 1899 off St Catherine's Pt.
Detlef Wagner iron Bn 182nrt 1891 ON111029 yd.24, sunk by UC72 1917.
Maggie Williams iron Sr (3-mast) 176nrt 1892 ON93428 yd.25, wrecked Gorleston 1902.
Cymric iron Sr 175nrt 1893 ON101751 yd.26. 1919 60nhp motor added.
Celtic iron Sr 175nrt 1894 ON101753 yd.27. rc 1907
Gaelic iron Bn 175nrt 1898 ON101760 yd.28, became a Q ship in WW1, 1930 29nhp motor added, sunk by collision 1939. More history.
Thomas built vessels after 1900.

Amlwch built vessels:

Wooden smack/schooner Amlwch Packet, built Treweek, Amlwch 27 tons 1832 ON1545. Registered Beaumaris. Lengthened by Treweek 1862, 55 tons, schooner. Voyage Swansea to Portnant (Llŷn), with coal, driven ashore near Pwllheli, leaky. No later voyages found. SR states: broken up 1882.

[from Lloyd's List Tuesday 18 October 1881]:
NEVIN. Oct. 15, 12 30 p.m. Harkaway schooner (ballast); Dreadnought (pitwood), for Jarrow; Amlwch Packet (coals), for Portnant; St. George, brig, of Maryport (timber), from Dovy for Aberdovey; all ashore near Pwllheli; position of Dreadnought and Almwch Packet bad, rest well off. [Master Williams, from Swansea, beached at Abererch, makes water]

Wooden schooner Catherine, built Treweek, Amlwch, 63 tons, 1842, ON20561. Registered Beaumaris then Caernarfon from 1892, 42 net tons. Owned J B Pritchard. Crew list. Wrecked at Nant Gwythern, 2 July 1899.

[from South Wales Daily News Tuesday 4 July 1899]:
WRECKS AND CASUALTIES. A Carnarvon telegram states that the schooner Catherine, of Carnarvon, coal laden, is reported a total wreck at Nant Gwythern. [on Sunday morning]

Wooden smack Cymro, built Treweek, Amlwch, 1844. 18 tons, ON10646. Registered Beaumaris. Salvage by divers in 1847 of smacks Cymro and Cymraes after they were sunk by a storm in September 1847. Sunk while moored off Moelfre, 8 April 1868.

[from Liverpool Albion Monday 13 April 1868]:
The smack CYMRO, of Amlwch, parted from her anchors and went on some rocks near Moelfre, Anglesey, on the 8th inst. Her crew were saved by a lifeboat.

Wooden schooner Alliance, built Treweek, Amlwch, April 1858, 93 tons, ON21266. Registered Beaumaris 9/1858. Voyage Swansea to Antwerp, with salt cake, ashore at Deal in storm, January 1884, crew saved. more history

[from Shipping and Mercantile Gazette Saturday, 2 February 1884]:
Casualties Jan 23-30 1884: Alliance (Hughes) 81[tons] Br 1858 Swansea - Antwerp (salt cake) ashore S[crew saved] [ashore on Deal beach]

Iron schooner Mary Catherine, built Amlwch July 1858, 76 tons ON21269. Lloyds survey gives builder Hughes & Co. Registered Beaumaris 13/1858. Described as the first iron vessel built at Amlwch. Later described as ketch, 62 tons. In MNL to 1939. Crew lists to 1913.

Translated from Welsh [from Herald Cymraeg Saturday 3 July 1858]:
Amlwch. On Friday, the first of this month, a beautiful iron ship was launched to the sea from the yard of Messrs. Hughes, Thomas, and Co from this port. Hundreds of people had gathered to see her, as this was the first iron ship launched in Amlwch, if not in North Wales. Her name is Mary Catherine; yes there is not the slightest doubt that she will not be the big credit to Mr. Roberts the foreman, as well as advantageous to her owners. Success for her and Captain John Jarmen is a wish of many others than the writer. There are here two iron schooners getting ready. [Captain German in Beaumaris SR]

Wooden schooner Charles Edwin, built W C Paynter, Amlwch, 1859, 93 tons, ON27724. Registered Beaumaris 16/1859. Voyage London to Dublin, with manure, sunk by collision off Dungeness, 17 January 1874, crew saved.

[from Manchester Courier Tuesday 20 January 1874]:
COLLISIONS IN THE CHANNEL. On Saturday night the schooner Charles Edwin, laden with manure and powder, from London for Dublin, was run down, off Dungeness, by a ship, name unknown, The captain and crew were able to scramble on board their own boat before the schooner foundered. They were picked up by a French vessel and landed at Dover. They are now comfortably housed at the National Sailors' Home. They were utterly destitute, and will be clothed at the home from head to foot.

Iron schooner Grace Evans, built Hughes, Thomas & Co, Amlwch (from Lloyds Survey), October 1859, 89 tons, ON27779. Registered Beaumaris 12/1860. Owners include Nicholas Treweek, Hannah Hughes, William Thomas. Probably built in Treweek's yard. By 1870, owned Owen Jones, Amlwch, master Price. Voyage Newcastle to Dublin, with coal, put in to Stornoway, left 29 September 1870, missing, all 5 crew lost.

Wooden schooner Sea Queen, built Treweek, Amlwch, March 1861, 82 tons, ON29223. Voyage Cardiff to Chester, with railway iron, ashore off Rhosneigr, 29 November 1861, 3 drowned, 2 saved.

[from North Devon Journal Thursday 19 December 1861]:
LOSS OF THE SCHOONER SEA QUEEN FROM CARDIFF, and Three of her Crew. The schooner Sea Queen, of Beaumaris, bound from Cardiff for Chester with railway iron, left the former port on the 24 Nov., and put into Milford on the following day, the cargo having shifted. She sailed from Milford on the 23th November, and encountered a heavy breeze and thick weather; and on the 29th she struck upon reef of rocks at Rhosneigyr, on the south-east of Anglesea. The sea made a complete breach over her, and the crew got into the boat, a few minutes after which the boat struck upon the rocks, the heavy sea upset her, and three of the crew named Hugh Edwards, Owen Lewis, and Thomas Williams, were drowned. The master and one of the crew were saved by swimming, and were carried on shore by the surf. [master Lewis]

Wooden schooner Mary Fanny, built Paynter, Amlwch March 1862, 92 tons. Owners include W C Paynter. ON43868. Voyage Llanelli to Liverpool, with tin, driven ashore near Llangenwith, 23 January 1868, only a boy was saved of the crew of 5. Vessel was salvaged and repaired - registered Llanelly. In MNL to 1868, registered Beaumaris; then from 1873 registered Llanelli. To Bridgwater 1892. Register closed 1918, when sunk by UB64.

[from The North Wales Chronicle and Advertiser for the Principality 15th February 1862]:
We understand that next Monday is to be another red letter day for Amlwch Port, owing to the launching of a beautiful schooner, of upwards of 90 tons register, from the building-yard of Mr. W. C. Paynter. She is to be named the Mary Fanny, ...

[from Morning Advertiser 25 January 1868]:
Llangenwith Jan 23. ... The Mary Fanny, of Amlwch, lies nearly broadside on the sands opposite Llangenwith, all drowned but the boy, he fell from the vessel to the boat, took the pilot off, and was put on board the hulk. [master W H Williams; boy Robert Williams]

[from Lloyd's List Thursday 30 January 1868]:
LLANMADOCK, 27th Jan; About 550 boxes of tin have been recovercd from the Wreck of the MARY FANNY, of Amlwch, ashore at Worm's Head; an attempt to raise the vessel failed; unless the weather becomes fine in a few days, the rest of her cargo will be lost; there is four feet water on it at low tide, the vessel having settled down in the sand, she was bound from Llanelly to Liverpool.

Iron schooner Princess of Wales, built Treweek, Amlwch, 115 tons, April 1864, ON50470. Registered Liverpool 374/1864, 120 tons. In MNL to 1889, owned Owen Hughes, Amlwch, 99 tons. Voyage Portland to St Valery, departing 28 October 1887, missing, some wreckage found near Dieppe. More history.

[from Caernarvon & Denbigh Herald Saturday 16 April 1864]:
AMLWCH PORT. Launch. On Thursday, the 7th inst., a vast concourse of people assembled to witness the launch of a fine iron clipper schooner, from the ship building yard of Messrs. Treweek, Sons, and Co. Her dimensions are as follows: Length on deck, 94 feet; length on keel, 86 feet; breadth on beam, 20 4-12ths feet: depth in hold, 10 4-12ths feet, and will measure about 170 tons OM., and carry about 220 tons, and will be classed A 1 12 years in Lloyd's register of shipping. She is a perfect model of naval architecture, having a beautiful run and entrance, and all the most modern improvements have been made use of in her constrnction, including cement inside - a thing hitherto unthought of in Amlwch. After the launch, the workmen employed in building her were entertained to a dinner at the Adelphi Vaults.

[from Lloyd's List Thursday, 5 January 1888]:
PRINCESS OF WALES. Dieppe, Jan. 3. The wreck off this place has been blown up. One of the sails is marked "Robert Jones and Co., Sailmakers, Amlwch" another "Francis Webster and Sons, Alma Works, Arbroath" and a third "The Standard, Trade X mark registered, Francis Webster". It is very probable that the vessel was the iron schooner Princess of Wales, which sailed from Portland for St. Valery on Oct. 28. [This vessel was published as missing in issue of yesterday.]

Wooden schooner Jane Gray, built W C Paynter, Amlwch, 1865, 124 tons ON47046. Registered Beaumaris 8/1865. Sunk by U101 1918. More history

[from The North Wales Chronicle and Advertiser for the Principality 24 January 1863]:
Amlwch. On Wednesday morning last, a beautiful model schooner of 123-65 per ton register was successfully launched from the building yard of William Cox Paynter, Esq, of this place ... named Jane Uray [sic]

Wooden schooner Perseverance, built Treweek, Amlwch October 1866, 100 tons, ON56212, owned Treweek, registered Beaumaris 23/1866. Lloyds survey confirms builder. Voyage Larache to Falmouth, with beans, sunk by collision with SS Olinda, off Scilly, 3 October 1873, crew saved.

[from Morning Advertiser Wednesday 8 October 1873]:
CASUALTIES, The Perseverance, of Amlwch, from Larache for Falmouth, has been totally lost off Scilly by collision during a calm and fog with the Olinda (s), of Liverpool, crew saved. [cargo beans, reported 7 Oct at St Nazaire]

Built Cemaes

St Patrick Sl 30t 1830 ON4205 (built Robert Williams)
Selah Sl 28t 1835 ON17277
Mona's Isle Sr 1838 (built Ishmael Jones)
Mary 1840 ON27013
Eliza Ellen Sr 1842 (built Ishmael Jones)
Prince of Wales Sr 1842 (built Ishmael Jones)
X.L. Bg 176t 1842 (built Ishmael Jones)
Ellen & Catherine Sr 46t 1858 ON20563 (built Owen Jones)
Clara Jane Sr 61t 1859 ON27332
Sea Gull Sm 34t 1862 ON43871

Wooden smack St. Patrick, built Robert Williams, Cemaes 1830, (place of build from Lloyds survey). Wrecked 22 January 1860, rebuilt. Registered Beaumaris 15/1860. Voyage Bangor to Silloth, with slates, ashore on Barnhourie Bank, Solway, 7 January 1866. Two crew died, one saved.

[from Carlisle Journal Friday 19 January 1866]:
WRECKS IN THE SOLWAY. The St. Patrick, of Bangor, slate-laden for Silloth, was wrecked on the 7th inst., with the loss of two lives, on Barnhourie Bank. She struck on Sabbath, the 7th inst., and it was not till the 10th that any assistance could be given by the coast-guard to the crew. The following explanation of the circumstance has been given by Mr. Hayward, chief officer - The casualty was, he says, seen by no one at the coast-guard station, having taken place ten miles distant on the opposite side of the land, and quite out of sight. On Monday, the 8th, the chief boatman of the coast-guard being at Southerness on duty saw the vessel sink on the bank, five miles distant, but could not get near her on account of the tide and the water on the sands; he saw no person about her, and no boat. At 1 p.m. he returned to Carsethorn and reported what he had seen to Mr. Hayward, who proceeded to look for the vessel, but from the tide being high and very fresh gale blowing, thick with sleet and foam, he was unable to discern her. On the following day (Tuesday) at 8 a.m. Mr. Hayward sent his chief boat man and other men of the coastguard to protect any property and to make inquiries abput the boat and crew of the vessel, these men not returning at 2 p.m., Mr. Hayward proceeded with the remainder of the coastguard, and met the chief boatman and others returning from Caulkerbush, they having gained the information that the crew had been seen to leave the vessel in the boat on Sunday, the 7th. On Wednesday (the 10th) Mr. Hayward proceeded in a boat to the vessel, and found one man at the masthead alive, being protected by part of the topsail; also a boy who was dead; they were put into the boat and taken ashore, where the man was put to bed. Mr. Hayward adds that from the Monday morning until the Wednesday there was no possibility of getting to the vessel.

Wooden sloop Selah, built Cemaes, 1835, 28 tons ON17277. Registered Beaumaris 24/1853; 5/1855. In MNL to 1887, owned John, Aberthaw, 23 tons. Voyages found to 21 December 1876, arriving Port Talbot from Aberthaw, master Johns.

Wooden smack Mary built Cemaes, 1840. 15 tons, ON27013. Registered Beaumaris 10/1841; then Chester 2/1845. In MNL to 1886, owned Henry Owen, Bangor. More history.

Wooden schooner Mona's Isle, built Cemaes, 1838 (built Ishmael Jones) 77 tons. ON12019. Registered Beaumaris then Liverpool. Register closed 1933.

[from Liverpool Albion Monday 30 April 1838]:
On Wednesday last an interesting scene took place at Cemaes port, in the Isle of Anglesey, where was launched a beautiful schooner, fully rigged, named Mona's Isle, built of choicest timber, by Mr. Ishmael Jones, master carpenter, a vessel possessing great strength and capacity, with the finest model for a coaster. This launch took place under singular circumstances, which attracted a greater concourse of spectators than usual. The builders, carpenters, owners, and master being tee-totalers, had a prayer and sermon preached prior to the launch, salt water only being used for the baptism ere she glided into her own element, amidst the acclamations of the assembled multitude. Many of the spectators were invited to the tee-totalers' repast, which they enjoyed with feelings seldom experienced by such as worship the jolly god; thus leaving it to good sense to determine whether it was better for the Mona's Isle to be deemed a drunkard or a tee-totaler.

Wooden schooner Eliza & Ellen, built Ishmael Jones, Cemaes, 1842, 54 tons. Voyage London to Strangford, departed May 1843, master Lewis, missing.

[from Caernarvon & Denbigh Herald Saturday, 15 January 1842]:
On the 3rd inst, a round sterned schooner of a most beautiful model, named Eliza Ellen [sic], was launched from Mr Ishmael Jones' yard at Cemaes......

[from Morning Post Wednesday 12 July 1843]:
Strangford, July 7. The Eliza and Ellen, Lewis, of Cames[sic], port of Beaumaris, left London six weeks since, and has not since been heard of.

Wooden schooner Prince of Wales built Ishmael Jones, Cemaes, 1842, 114 tons, registered Beaumaris 5/1842, 21/1846, described as of Holyhead. For sale August 1845. Registered Hull 13/1851, 113 tons, then registered Melbourne, then Launceston 18/1854. ON31662. 73.50 x 18.70 x 11.20 ft. Traded from Circular Head, Tasmania [NW corner]. Wrecked 6 January 1861 at Point Lonsdale, Port Phillip Heads, entering for Melbourne, inbound from Circular Head, Tasmania [Smithton], crew and passengers saved. More history.

[from Caernarvon & Denbigh Herald Saturday 5 March 1842]:
On the 28th ult., a fine schooner was launched from the yard of Mr Ish. Jones at Cemaes. .. named Prince of Wales .... 11th launch that has taken place from this locality.

[from Shipping and Mercantile Gazette - Saturday 19 July 1845]:
THE superior Schooner PRINCE OF WALES, 128 tons O.M., and 114 tons N.M.; built in Anglesea in 1842: and classed A 1 for eleven years. The register dimensions are:- 73 feet in length; 18 7-10 breadth; and 11 2-10 in depth., This vessel is remarkably easy under canvas, sails very fast; is sheathed with yellow metal; carries 165 to 170 tons dead weight; shifts without ballast. Now discharging a cargo from Genoa in the St Katharine Docks.

[from Gore's Liverpool General Advertiser - Thursday 25 September 1851]:
For ST. THOMAS and HAYTI, The fine fast-sailing, coppered A 1 Schooner PRINCE OF WALES, William Lickis, Master: 114 tons, per register. This vessel sails on the 7th proximo, and has only room for a few tons of fine goods, presenting one of the best conveyances for goods or passengers, ...

[from The Argus, Melbourne - Fri 20 Jan 1854]:
Vessels arrived at Melbourne: ... January 9, Prince of Wales, sc, 114, Lickis, Hull.

[from The Argus, Melbourne - Mon 10 Apr 1854]:
CLEARED OUT. April 8. Prince of Wales, schooner, 114 tons, W. Lickis, for Adelaide in ballast. No passengers. George Gregory, agent.

[from Lloyd's List - Tuesday 19 March 1861]:
GEELONG, 25th Jan. The PRINCE OF WALES (schr.), from Circular Heads, with timber, went ashore on Point Lonsdale Reef, on or about 7th Jan., and soon afterwards broke up, crew saved.

From Australian records:
PRINCE OF WALES (Capt. G. Campbell) was on voyage from Tasmania, Circular Head, to Melbourne with a cargo of timber pigs, when she was lost after running aground.
Ran ashore about 10.30 pm, 6 January 1861, while beating in through the Heads. Crew and passengers landed safely at 4.30 am in two boats. Customs and health officer's boats, with pilot schooners Prosperpine and Rip and tug Sophia went to her assistance but could save nothing. Total wreck. Vessel soon began to breakup.

Wooden brig X.L., built Ismael Jones, Cemaes 1842, 176 tons (place of build from Lloyds survey). Registered Liverpool. Registered Melbourne 1855, ON40917. In MNL to 1881, owned John Nicholls, but Melbourne SR states closed when sold foreign at Valparaiso since insufficient funds to repair her, June 1856.

Wooden schooner Ellen & Catherine, built Owen Jones, Cemaes, 46 tons, 1858, ON20563, registered Beaumaris 3/1858. In MNL to 1864. Voyages found with master Griffiths to June 1864. Mate David Evans was fined for being disorderly at Cardiff, 14 July 1864. Beaumaris SR states lost 23 August 1860 [sic].

Wooden schooner Clara Jane built Cemaes, 1859, 61 tons, ON27332 Registered Beaumaris 3/1859. Voyage Barrow to Cariff, struck Platters and sank 1 September 1860, crew saved.

[from Liverpool Albion Monday 10 September 1860]:
CAMAES, SEPT. 3. The Clara Jane, from Barrow for Cardiff, struck on the Platters, 1st inst., and sank: crew saved. [master Lewis, with iron ore]

Wooden smack Sea Gull, built Cemaes, 1862, 34 tons, ON43871. Registered Beaumaris 13/1862. In MNL to 1897. Voyages found to 20 May 1897, Runcorn to Portinllaen. Crew list to 12/1897, master Richard Thomas. SR reports lost;

Built Holyhead

Union Sr 1804
Lord Charles Spencer Sr 109t 1805
Duke of Montrose Sl 71t 1805
Pelham Sr 1810
Cintra Sr 114t 1833
Louisa Sr 59t 1835 (built T Gibbs)
Marian Watson Sr 146t 1835
Stanley Bg 152t 1835
Unknown SV 350t 1836 (built T Gibbs)
Samson Sl 1836 (built T Gibbs)
Mary Mallaby Bn 178t 1837 (built R Gibbs)
Marie Sr 1837 (built R Gibbs)
Latimer Sr 119t 1839
Lauriston Bg 121t built Barnstaple 1840, burnt, rebuilt Holyhead 1855, ON9325, lost Arklow Bank 1864.
Jane Ann Sr 98t 1855 (built John Roberts)
Ziska Sr 185t 1856 (built John Roberts)
Philanthropist Sr 79t 1857
Elizabeth Charlotte Sr 148t 1860
Night Watch Sr 21t 1861
Triumph Bg 285t (rebuilt Holyhead 1868)

Wooden SV Union, built Holyhead 1804, reported by Lloyds survey. LR1807uw has sloop 72 tons built Wales 1804, owned by her master, Evans, but LR1k07so has built Milford, 1804, 59 tons.

Wooden schooner Lord Charles Spencer, built Holyhead 1805, 109 tons. Registered London 47/1833, 282/1846. Large repairs 1844. Voyage London to Guernsey, master Roberts, ashore west of Shoreham, 19 February 1849.

[from Shipping and Mercantile Gazette Wednesday 17 June 1846]:
For sale... THE fine Schooner LORD CHARLES SPENCER, 109 tons register, built Holyhead, in the County of Anglesea, of the best-seasoned timber, and under special survey, had very large repairs in 1844, and sheathed with yellow metal 1845. This superior schooner has abundant inventory stores, which are in the best order, sails fast, carries large cargo, and ready for immediate service. Dimensions: Length, 71 feet; breadth, midships, 18 feet 3-10ths; depth of hold, 11 feet 3-10ths. Now lying for inspection off the Jetty, London Docks.

[from Shipping and Mercantile Gazette February 27 1849]:
Deposition of Roberts, master of the schooner Lord Charles Spencer, of and from London for Guernsey, is on shore on the main, to the westward of this harbour [Shoreham, in ballast, reported 19 Feb.].

Wooden schooner Pelham 1810

Wooden schooner Cintra, built Holyhead 1833, 114 tons. Voyage Tahiti to Sydney, early 1843, missing.

[from Gore's Liverpool General Advertiser Thursday 26 January 1837]:
Sale ... The beautiful schooner Cintra, built Holyhead 1833 ... 114 tons, old measurement .... 72x19.7x10.7ft.

[from Shipping and Mercantile Gazette Saturday 10 October 1843]:
Sydney May 19. The schooner Cintra left Tahiti for Sydney some months ago, and had not since been heard of.

Wooden schooner Louisa, built Holyhead 1835, 59 tons. For sale April 1838. Advertised sailing to Algoa Bay, master Lewis, in 1838. LR1840-44 gives trading London to Launceston. ON31834. Registered Cape Town 1853, then Melbourne 6/1857. In MNL to 1881, owned Robertson, 60 tons. Melbourne SR gives: wrecked on coast of Tasmania prior to 4 June 1859.

[from Shipping and Mercantile Gazette Saturday 28 April 1838]:
THE fine fast-sailing Schooner LOUISA, A 1, 59 836-3500 tons register; built Holyhead in the year 1835, of the best materials and workmanship; is coppered and copper-fastened, and carries large cargo for her tonnage; well found in stores, requiring only provisions to send her to sea; and is particularly well adapted for the Mediterranean or fruit trade. Lying in the Surrey Canal. ...

Wooden SV Unknown, built Holyhead 1836, circa 350 tons.

[from Public Ledger and Daily Advertiser Friday 26 February 1836]:
A fine NEW SHIP, of about 350 tons, now ready to launch at Holyhead, of the under dimensions, adapting her especially for the West India trade or general purposes; was laid down for the present owner, completed under proper inspection, of the best English oak and African teak, and the workmanship particularly attended to; .... length, 102 feet; beam, 27 feet; depth, 19 feet 6 inches; height between decks, 7 feet. For further particulars apply to Mr. Brindley, Shipbuilder (who has inspected the vessel); ...

Wooden sloop Samson, built T Gibbs, Holyhead, 1836, 30 tons. Registered Beaumaris 170/1836. ON18987. Crew list. Voyage Cemlyn to Lancaster, with oats, sunk by collision off Orme's Head, 31 March 1880. Crew of 3 saved.

[from Shipping and Mercantile Gazette Friday 9 April 1880]:
Report of Hugh Thomas. Master of the sloop Samson, of Beaumaris, 30 tons, from Cemlyn, March 30, at 2 PM, for Lancaster (with 40 tons oats): Proceeded, and at 7 30 PM on the 30th lnst., passed Point Lynas, distance quarter of a mile, with wind S.E., heading E.N.E. At 3 AM. of the 31st inst., Great Ormeshead bore south, distance half a mile, blowing strong from the southward. At 3 30 AM, tide 1.5 hour ebb, weather cloudy, wind S, strong, with a smooth sea from the south, the vessel was on starboard tack, heading E.S.E., saw a green and red light right ahead, distance about two miles, and about five minutes after I asked the look-out man what he thought the approaching ship intended to do. He replied that the ship would keep away and go clear of us. I, being on the starboard tack, and close-hauled, kept on my course. The other vessel did not alter her course at all, and in consequence she ran into us, striking us on our starboard bow, carrying away our bowsprit, and carrying away the whole of our starboard bow in. She then went clear of us. Our vessel began to fill, and sunk in less than an hour. We got our boat out after the collision, and left the vessel and landed at Llandudno at 5 AM. The other vessel proceeded on her course. Our lights were burning brightly, and could be seen a long distance. No services were rendered. The vessel and cargo is a total loss, nothing being saved but the boat in which we landed. Amlwch, April 1.

Wooden brig Mary Mallaby, built R Gibbs, Holyhead 1837, 178 tons. Registered Londom 399/1837. 16 July 1843, the ship was wrecked off Bandar Abbas, Iran, crew saved.

[from Public Ledger and Daily Advertiser Thursday 9 November 1837]:
Sale... THE fine Brigantine MARY MALLABY, 179 tons per register, built Holyhead in the present year (1837) under inspection, of the best materials...

[from Morning Herald 9 January 1844]:
The Mary Mallaby, of the Mauritius, was lost on the rocks of Bander Abbas, on the night of the 16th of July last, crew saved. [master Fisher]

Wooden schooner Latimer, built Holyhead 1839, 119 tons. Registered Caernarfon 1854, then London by 1857. ON23109. Lengthened 1859, 152 tons. In MNL to 1864. Voyage Tyne to Cronstadt, with coal, wrecked on Dagoe [now Hilumaa], prior to 10 September 1864, crew saved.

[from Shipping and Mercantile Gazette Tuesday 19 July 1853]:
Sale... THE useful Schooner LATIMER, 119 tons; built Holyhead in 1839, and classed eight A 1, continued in 1847 for three years, and 1851 she was specially surveyed, and classed AE1 (in red); has had very extensive repair from time to time, strongly built and fastened, and has been well kept up. This vessel carries good cargo, shifts without ballast, and is abundantly found in stores. Now lying in the St. Katherine's Dock.

[from Newcastle Guardian and Tyne Mercury Saturday 17 September 1864]:
Reval, Sept. 14. The schooner Latimer, Southerly, from Shields for Cronstadt, with bricks and coal, was wrecked on Dagoe previous to September 10; the crew been saved.

Wooden SS Marie, screw steam yacht of London, built Holyhead Breakwater Co, Holyhead 1853 (from Lloyds survey).

Wooden schooner Jane Ann (also Jane & Ann), built John Roberts, Holyhead 1855, 98 tons. ON10639. Registered Beaumaris 22/1855. Lost 17 January 1867, 6 miles E of Calais, crew saved.

[from North Wales Chronicle Saturday, 26 May 1855]:
LAUNCH AT HOLYHEAD. The launch of the schooner 'Jane and Anne,' briefly referred to in our last, created a livelier interest among the inhabitants of Holyhead than is usual on similar occasions, in consequence of its being the first new ship turned out of the yard of Mr. Roberts, an enterprising shipbuilder, who, having lately commenced the building of ships upon an extensive scale, has thereby become the means of giving employment to a large number of men throughout the year. ... 65x20x11.5ft...

[from Lloyd's List Friday, 18 January 1867]:
Calais 17 Jan. The Jane & Ann[sic] (schnr) of Beaumaris, is on shore eastward of this place, crew saved.

Wooden schooner Ziska, built John Roberts, Holyhead 1856, 185 tons, ON14767. Voyage to Australia, sold foreign 1874.

[from North Wales Chronicle Saturday 15 March 1856]:
SHIP LAUNCH AT HOLYHEAD. The splendid schooner built by Mr. John Roberts, ship-builder, of this town, was launched on Friday, the 7th inst. between 10 and 11 o'clock, in the forenoon. All preparations were ready, and she glided beautifully into the water, without any perceptible effort, and was a sight which was truly pleasing. She was named the 'Ziska,' by Miss Glynne, the youngest daughter of the owner, Mr. Glynne, ship-owner, of Liverpool. ... splendid clipper as the Ziska; her length is 160 feet, Registered tonnage, nearly 300 tons, and class A 1, 12 years.

Wooden schooner Philanthropist, built Holyhead 1857, 79 tons. ON18798. To Aberystwyth. Ashore off Lytham, July 1857. By 1878 sold to Milford. Register closed 1896. Ashore mouth of Liffey April 1894, refloated. Last Voyage found, New Ross to Sharpness, 31 October 1895. Sank in approach to Cardiff, 26 November 1895, crew saved, wreck to be removed. More history.

[from Shipping and Mercantile Gazette Friday, 4 October 1878]:
Philanthropist for sale, built Holyhead 1857, lying Pill, ...

[from The South Wales Daily Post, Thursday 28th November 1895]:
Schooner founders in the Cardiff Roads. On Tuesday, the schooner Philanthropist, of Milford, sank in the cardiff Roads, the crew landed safely in their own boat. She had strung a leak while at anchor in a gale.

Wooden schooner Elizabeth Charlotte, built Holyhead 1860, 148 tons. ON29224. 3-masted. Registered Beaumaris 10/1861. To Caernarfon 1877. ON29224. In MNL to 1921, when owned Williams, Grimsby, registered Carnarvon, 116 tons. Voyage Lynn to Tyne, with burnt ore, departing 21 March 1921, missing.

from Shields Daily News Saturday 9 April 1921]:
ELIZABETH CHARLOTTE (Grimsby. April 8). No news has been received the whereabouts of the three-masted schooner Elizabeth Charlotte, which sailed from Lynn March 21 for the Tyne with burnt ore. Owners fear vessel lost.

Wooden schooner Night Watch built Holyhead 1861, 21 tons, ON47048. Registered Beaumaris 9/1866, as a new vessel, owned Edward Jones, pilot. To Liverpool October 1866. In MNL to 1879, owned Cookson, Liverpool.

Wooden brig Triumph, built Bathurst, NB, 1862. 285 tons. ON43104. Voyage Liverpool to Maranham, wrecked at Porth Trefadog, near Holyhead, 26 October 1867, crew saved.
Later sold, salvaged and rebuilt, owned Holyhead Shipbuilding & Trading Co. Registered Beaumaris 5/1868.
Subsequently wrecked again: at St Pierre Miquelon, 12 July 1873, crew saved.

[from Liverpool Journal of Commerce Monday 28 October 1867]:
SERIOUS SHIPPING DISASTERS. The brig Triumph, 210 tons, Captain Bray, went ashore on Saturday at Trevadoc [sic, Porth Trefadog], to the east of Holyhead. and became a total wreck. The crew were saved in the small boats. The Triumph left the Mersey on Friday for Maranham, with a general cargo. Before she went ashore the Triumph had two anchors out, with 75 fathoms of chain, but the anchor dragged and she was driven on shore. [wreck later sold and restored at Holyhead]

[from Shipping and Mercantile Gazette Tuesday, 12 August 1873]:
Sr Pierre - Miquelon. July 17. The brig Triumph, Lloyd, from London for Quebec, went ashore 12th inst. and is full of water, crew saved.