Wooden barque Pudyona, built Pugwash, Nova Scotia, 1851, 571 tons, owned John Stamp Burrell, registered Lancaster, ON 17790. Voyage Quebec to Lancaster (Glasson) with timber, 18 crew, Captain Foster, aground Morecambe Bay 27 October 1862, wrecked, sank in deep water, crew saved by Fleetwood tug Wyre.

[from Lancaster Guardian - Saturday 01 November 1862]:
Shipwreck and Narrow Escape of the Crew of the Pudyona. On Monday last the barque Pudyona struck upon a bank called "Danger Patch" on the north side of the River Lune, about two miles westward of the Fleetwood screw pile lighthouse, and became an entire wreck. The Pudyona was the property of J. S. Burrell, Esq, of this town, and was laden with timber, being on her voyage from Quebec to Glasson Dock. She left Holyhead harbour in tow of a Liverpool steam tug, and not having a Fleetwood pilot on board, was conducted so far out of the proper track that she met with the accident we have just named. The ground there is rough and stony. So violent was the concussion that the Pudyona's masts were carried away, and her hull was seriously damaged. The Wyre steam tug with three of the Fleetwood pilots on board, fortunately about that time was proceeding to tow a vessel up the Lune to Glasson Dock, and when outside the lighthouse descried the Pudyona and observing tbe imminent danger of the crew, gallantly went to their assistance. The Wyre ran as near as was practicable to the disabled vessel, and succeeded in rescuing 15 of the crew. Another effort was made and the remaining two were also recovered from the wreck. The heroic gallantry of Captain Swarbrick, the crew of the Wyre, and the pilots, Gerrard, Hornby, and Hesketh, in this exploit, has been the theme of general and well-merited commendation. The steamtug that had previously had the vessel in tow was meanwhile distant about a mile from the scene of the disaster, engaged in recovering her tow rope. The crew of the Pudyona had barely secured their footing on the Wyre, when the wreck of their ill-fated vessel, having driven over the bank into the swashway, immediately filled, and falling over on her broadside went down in deep water. The escape of tbe crew was most providential. At the time of the casualty heavy squalls of wind and rain prevailed, and occasionally shrouded the occurrence from the view of the spectators on shore. The conduct of the master of the Liverpool steam tug is criticised by those who witnessed the occurrence. It was said that immediately on tbe occurrence of the accident, he put down his helm and proceeded in an opposite direction, leaving the crew the Pudyona to the chance of being rescued by the Fleetwood boat, which as we have seen turned out to be the case. But as even those on board the Pudyona had not an uninterrupted view of the tug's movements, it quite possible that the master of the Teaser did the best he could under the circumstances. According to the statement of the men taken from the wreck, the steamer remained within a distance of about three quarters of a mile, until the appearance of the Wyre insured the safety of the crew. It certainly appears strange however, that the men should have been taken off by a strange boat, not until another moment's delay would have rendered destruction inevitable. Several of the crew lost their clothes and other articles which they would certainly have had an opportunity of saving had they been rescued before.

[from Fleetwood Chronicle - Friday 19 December 1862]:
Yesterday, a telescope was presented to Captain Swarbrick, of the steam-tug Wyre, having been sent as recognition of his courageous and humane conduct, by her Majesty's government, in rescuing from imminent peril of shipwreck, the crew of the barque Pudyona, stranded in Morecambe bay, on the 27th of October.
The barque Pudyona, of which I [J. S. Burrell] was the owner, was on her voyage from Quebec to Glasson Dock, and after a prosperous run, was obliged to put into Holyhead. I wrote to Captain Foster, telling him that if he could get a Liverpool tug there, he might tow round; with a view to saving the spring tides at Glasson Dock. Captain Foster did so, and sailed on the evening of the 26th of Oct., and on the morning after he arrived in the bay, but it was so thick that they could not make out their whereabouts. However, after anxious watching, they made out the Wyre lighthouse, and Captain Foster, who knows the bay well, found that he was out of his course. He instantly ordered the ship to be put about, but it seems it was too late, for almost immediately she struck on the foul ground, and, whilst I do not wish to speak evil of any man, I regard the conduct of the Captain of the Liverpool tug, who abandoned her to her fate, as most inhuman. He did not attempt to render any assistance, either by getting out ropes or boats, but left the crew of the Pudyona to their own resources. I now wish to turn to another subject of a more pleasing character, and whilst we leave the crew of the Pudyona abandoned to their own devices, we will go on board the steamer Wyre, which was going out of Fleetwood, to tow the brig Marys to Glasson Dock. The other steamer Teazer was close by the Marys, and the Wire asked if they had got the crew of the Pudyona on board, and were told that they were all drowned [not on board, in another report]. The crew of the Wyre, however, would not take the word of those on board the Teazer, but after a brief consultation between the Captain and Robert Gerrard, pilot, the Wyre went to the Pudyona and went close to her: so near indeed that the crew of the Pudyona were able to jump on board the Wyre, and when I state that the three masts of the Podyuna had all gone, and were only kept on board by the rigging, you will agree with me that a more humane and intrepid act could not have been rendered, and I take this opportunity of publicly thanking them, on behalf of the captain and crew of the Pudyona. I think that on an occasion like this, the names of every one engaged in this transaction should be mentioned. I will therefore read the names of those on board the Wyre:- William Swarbrick, master; John Singleton, mate; W. Morrison, engineer; Robert Gerrard and Thomas Hornby, pilots; R. Hesketh, R. Bailey, J. Murray, C. Young, E. and R. Ainsworth, R. Cockburn, and J. Hesketh. To all of these, I beg that they will accept my grateful thanks; and I also offer my acknowledgements to the owners of the Wyre, and to Captain Rawstorne [Fleetwood harbour-master]. Mr. Walker properly represented this conduct to the Board of Trade, who very promptly sent £30 for the crew, and intimated that a telescope should be sent in a few days for presentation to the Captain of the Wyre, and which we have now met to present to him.