Miscellaneous Wrecks

Mostly Irish Sea region, or with links to Liverpool.
  See regional lists.
  See years of great storms.
  See interesting stories.
  See largest losses of life at sea.
  See salvage diving on wrecks.

To search these pages for a named wreck.

Privateers and Prizes:
Renard 1710; Eagle 1760; Mary Ann 1777; Deux Amis 1779; Pelican 1793; Hiram 1799; Victory 1803; Hope 1806.

Troop-ships:
Cromwellian troopships 1650; Prince of Wales; Rochdale 1807; Sea Horse; Boadicea 1816.

Treasure:
Trevor 1775; Deux Amis 1779; Mary Scott 1841; Royal Charter 1859.

Naval gun battles:
1781 Luce Bay (Smuggling); 1760 Isle of Man (versus French warships)

Wreckers (especially of alcohol):
Pownall 1758; L'Equité 1778; Mary and Betsey 1820; Norah 1835; Christian 1848; Elizabeth Buckham 1866; Llŷn 1868; Stuart 1901; Ulloa 1904.

Innovative vessels:
Experiment 1665, twin hulled.
Horse Packets 1817-18, replacing steam
Mersey Ferry Etna 1817, central paddle wheel.
Early Iron steamships
Rising Star 1818-29, steam warship.
Vesta 1836 "quicksilver" steam engine.
Liverpool Screw 1842, iron screw tug.
Queen 1844, double-ended iron Mersey ferry.
The Test 1855, steam yacht, Burch propeller
PS Minnow 1857, iron steam yacht: "fish-tail" propulsion
Phantom 1863, first steel screw steamship
Resurgam 1880, wreck, steam submarine, Birkenhead.
Shelduck 1885, steam yacht, Paley's lifting propeller
Porpoise 1886, electric submarine, Seacombe, Wallasey.
St George 1910, motor boat, Conwy river
Elmarine 1919, concrete barge, Mersey.
Hovercraft VA3-001 1962, Wirral - Rhyl passenger service.

Wrecks visible at low water.

Great Storms:
Autumn 1770;
Hurricane of 1822.
Great Storm of 1826 [includes Ulverston owned wrecks from 1811-1826].
Storm of October 1832.
Storm of November 1833.
Storm of February 1835.
Storm of July 1836.
Hurricane of January 1839.
Storm of 1850 - Ship Providence wrecked on Burbo
Storm of October 1859
Storms of January and December 1863
Storm of August 1868.
Storm of November 1890.

Interesting stories of shipwreck.
Pirate gold - Dee Estuary 1779
Cannibalism to survive: Francis Mary, Atlantic 1826
Tiger wrecked on uninhabited island 1836
PS Killarney 1838, passengers stranded on rock
PS Lee - salvage attempt mishap 1840

Regional lists:
MDHB wreck listings [wrecks in the Port of Liverpool].
North Wirral Coast Shipwrecks.
West Hoyle Bank Shipwrecks.
Llŷn Shipwrecks.
Anglesey Shipwrecks.
North Wales Coast Shipwrecks.
Morecambe Bay, Barrow, Duddon Shipwrecks.
Ribble Shipwrecks
Wrecks associated with New Quay, Aberaeron, Aberarth (and my ancestors in some cases):
Florist 1882 , SS Linda 1874, [also SS Linda 1874], Madona 1883, Maggie Cummins 1880, Kwasind 1877, Friendship 1893, Minnie Brown 1894
Associated with Devon ancestor (owner John Haywood): America 1870.
Associated with descendent of Ladd family of Llangoedmore, Cardigan: SS Adenwen 1915,1917; SS Haulwen 1917.
Accident involving Port Talbot Pilot-boat 1907 with loss of William Clifford Ladd.

Wrecks dived by Chris Michael.

Below is a small selection of some of the wrecks for which I have found good illustrations; for which I have found full newspaper descriptions; with significant losses of life; or in locations that I have visited.

Double-hulled Experiment 1665  Bay of Biscay; 17 lost.
Pilot Boat Two Brothers 1770  Hoyle bank, 8 lost
Belgioioso 1783,  Kish Bank, 147 lost
Newburn 1790  Hoyle Bank, 3 lost
Sloops Betty and Mary 1791; Maria 1791; Mary 1792; Lovely Peggy 1793  Hoyle Bank, 47+6+6 lost
Pelican 1793  Mersey, 102 lost
Young William 1802  Mallraeth, 0 lost, diver salvage.
Enteprize 1803  Mew Island, 11 lost, diver salvage.
Victory 1803  Hoyle Bank, 54 (or 37) lost
Telamon 1806  West Hoyle Bank, 19 lost
Sparks and Rebecca 1809  Off Liverpool, all lost.
Prince of Wales; Rochdale 1807  Dublin, 385 lost.
Sea Horse 1816   Tramore, 364 lost.
Boadicea 1816   Tramore, 190 lost.
Tiger 1819   Coningbeg, 26-29 lost.
Mary and Betsey 1820 Leasowe, 8 lost, wreckers.
Hannah 1824 Carlisle ship canal, sunk by ice, 0 lost
Francis Mary 1826 Atlantic, abandoned, 11 lost, cannibalism, image.
Enterprise 1827 Glenarm, 11 lost; folk song.
Newry 1830  Lleyn, 25-55 lost.
William Neilson; Grecian 1832  Burbo Bank, many lost.
Packet (of Ayr); Kircudbright Castle 1833  Hoyle Bank, 7 lost.
Sarah 1835  Anglesey, 0 lost, painting.
Intrinsic 1836  Kilkee, 14 lost, diver salvage.
John Welch 1836  East Hoyle Bank, 14 lost.
Scotia 1838  Penmon, 0 lost, diver salvage.
Athabaska 1838  West Hoyle, 18 lost.
Lady Charlotte 1838  Cape Clear, 9 lost, diver salvage.
Mary Scott 1841  Point Lynas, 9 lost, painting
Euterpe 1845  West Hoyle, 14 lost, refloated.
William Turner 1845  Caernarfon Bar, 28 lost, figurehead saved.
Frankfield 1847  Cemaes Bay, 21 lost, painting
Athena 1852  Maldraeth, 0 lost, wreckage on beach.
Brig Lily 1852   wrecked Calf Sound, image of explosion, 5+29 lost.
3 large American ships 1856  Burbo, 0 lost. [Silas Wright; Samuel M Fox; Louisiana]
Flat Ann 1858  St. Tudwal's Island, 0 lost, "Fflat Huw Puw" song.
Ann E Hooper 1862  Off Ribble, 4 lost, painting
Doris 1866  Mersey, 0 lost, diver injured.
PS Bouboulina (ex-Colonel Lamb) 1867 Mersey, 12-40 lost, engraving
SY Aries 1880  Anglesey, 0 lost, model.
FV Emblematic 1883  Leasowe, 0 lost, images
SS Geofredo 1884  Burbo Bank, 0 lost, photo of wreckage.
Primus 1889  West Hoyle, 3 lost, gravestone.
Schooner Snaefell 1902  Pwllheli, 0 lost, refloated, painting
Schooner Bessie Arnold 1908  Arran, 4 lost, figurehead
SS Hebe 1911  Ribble, 0 lost, painting
Barquentine Gaelic 1909, 1917, 1939  Mersey, etc., images
18 Barges and Flats sunk 1920  Mersey; 0 lost, images
Mannin airliner 1948  Mersey, salvage image, 7 lost.

These have mostly been transcribed to the website Wrecksite.eu

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