Some of these wrecks are included in Wrecks of Liverpool Bay, Vol. II [Nestos, Perseverance, Thorn, Denham, Gun wreck, Goals wreck] and some are included in Liverpool Hurricane of 1839 [Lockwoods, Pennsylvania, St. Andrew, Victoria, Brighton].
Wrecks with position and identity logged by MDHB [Mersey Docks and Harbour Board]. They listed wrecks from 1862 - mainly those that were an obstruction to navigation and which they then reduced with explosives. Position was determined by bearing and direction from a known object (buoy, lightship, lighthouse). Since distance was less easy to determine accurately than direction, positions may be off by a distance in the direction of the bearing (as I have found in several cases).
Chart of Rock Channel - showing some wrecks listed by MDHB:
Jessie, Bessie, John H Elliott (JHE), Denham, Old England(OE), as
well as some "unknowns" of interest: WH, Gun and Goals.
Chart of Hilbre Swash - showing some wrecks listed by MDHB: Elizabeth
1879, Hoylake Beach Wreck 1(HBW1), Robert Seymour(RS), Alcides(AL), Walter Dean(WD),
Perseverance(PE), Thomas, Nestos, Thorn.
In order east to west:
Flat Jessie 1911 [charted as Obs.]
Schooner Admiral Nelson 1886
Flat Bessie 1909 [charted]
Ship Admiral 1863
more
SS Ulloa 1904
more
Ship John H Elliott 1863
more [charted]
SS Denham 1946 [charted]
SS Geofredo 1884
more [charted]
Sloop Old England 1900 [charted]
Flat Bertha 1895
Flat Albert 1896
Flat Edith 1909
Schooner Elizabeth 1865
Flat Elizabeth 1879 [charted]
Sloop Ellen 1893
Steam Flat George 1933
Flat Alma 1881
Brigantine Daniel 1885
more
Tug SS Resolute 1922
more
Jigger Flat Fair Trade 1904
Schooner Robert Seymour 1881
more [charted]
Schooner Wellington 1897
MV Red Hand 1927
more
Flat Betsy 1873
Schooner Blanche 1890
more
Flat Lota 1916
more
Schooner Walter Dean 1894 [charted as obs.]
Launch MV Alcides 1947 [charted as obs.]
Flat Thomas 1910
more [charted]
SS Maurita 1941
more
Schooner Elizabeth Barrow 1884
Flat Perseverance 1888 [charted]
Flat Red Jacket 1881
Barque St Matthaeus 1887
more
SS Nestos 1941
more [charted]
Thorn 1891 [charted]
Flat Glance 1903
more
Unknown Wrecks logged by MDHB (or visible at LW), with origin unknown (east to west) - charted (depths
below Chart Datum - negative means dry at extreme LW)
wreck -0.8 m
wreck -0.8m (WH):
PS Superb?
wreck -3.9 m (Gun wreck)
wreck -2.6m
wreck -0.8m
(granite sets)
wreck -3.6m (Goals wreck)
wreck 4.4m
obs ~3.0m
wreck -0.8m
wreck ~7m
wreck -8m (Hoylake beach wreck 1)
wreck -4m (Hoylake beach wreck 2)
more
obs. -1.1m
(wreckage visible
at LW 1991, not 2019)
wreck 2.8m
(near Alcides)
wreck 9m
wreck 3.1m
wreck 2.7m
wreck 5.3m
Other Wrecks reported in area (not a complete list - those I have studied and reported to
wrecksite.eu).
Lovely Peggy 1793
more
Foxhunter 1770
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Lochnell 1808
more
Traveller
1810 [Hoylake lifeboat disaster]
Mary & Betty 1820 later refloated
more
Earl of Moira 1821
more
William Neilson 1832
more
PS Superb 1835
more
Norah 1835
more
Robert Peel 1835
more
Gleaner 1835
more
John Welch 1836
more
St. Andrew 1839
more
Pennsylvania 1839
more
Lockwoods 1839
more
Victoria 1839
more
Brighton 1839
more
Edward 1839
more
Byron 1839
more
Red Rover 1858
more
Isabella and Catherine 1863
more
Mineral 1866
Elizabeth Buckham 1866
more
Elizabeth 1868
more
Mariner 1868
more
Alice 1873
more
Charles 1883
more
Emblematic 1883
more
Sisters 1891
more
Ada 1903
more
Fair Trade 1904
Mayflower 1939 refloated
Hawker Hind 1940
more
Spitfire 1940
more
Miles Master 1940
more
Anson 1941
more