wreck


	Vessel Losses and Casualties in Tremadog Bay and on St Patrick's Causeway

	Colliadau a Damweiniau i llongau ym Mae Dremadog ag ar Sarn Badrig

	Through shipwreck, collision, sinking and stranding/ Trwy llongddrylliad, syddo ag âr-dirio


	Below is a list of well over a hundred and fifty ships which have come to grief in view of my childhood home on the seafront at Criccieth. Some are names only, others I have included more details. Dyma rhestr ô dros gant a hanner ô llongau sydd wedi dryllo neu bod mewn trwbl mewn golwg ô Gricieth. Enw yn unig ydi rhei, mae mwy ô wybodaeth am lleill . Robert Dafydd Cadwalader. July 1999: Received many additions and corrections from Bill Butland - Thanks Bill Aug 2001: Received many additions and corrections from Robert Carl Smith, author of "Mumbles Lifeboat" and "Gower Coast Shipwrecks". Thanks Robert!!
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	KEY (For illustrations of the following rigs CLICK HERE) SCH = Schooner 3SCH = Three masted Schooner BRG = Brig BQ = Barque 4BQ = Four masted Barque FRS = Full rigged ship BQNT = Barquentine BGNT = Brigantine KTCH = Ketch SMK = Smack SLP = Sloop DY = Dandy YCHT = Yacht SS = Steam ship MV = Motor Vessel FISH = Fishing vessel

NAME	TYPE	BUILT	HOME PORT	DATE	LOCATION	NOTES
AERON BELLE	SCH	1856	ABERYSTWYTH	October 20, 1910	ABERSOCH	Small schooner with tiller steering.Built at Aberaeron. Photo of her in "Welsh Sail". Owned by Evans & Co Aberaeron. Capt D.Evans in 187. Sank at Abersoch
ALNWICH	SCH	1856	BEAUMARIS	28-1-1895	CAUSEWAY	Built in New Brunswick. Owner W.Morgan, Hodborrow, Cumberland. Grounded.
ALPHA	SMK	?	PWLLHELI	13/11/1894	PWLLHELI	Sank.
AMALIA	BQ		GOTHENBORG	4/11/1896	PWLLHELI	Ran aground.
AMLWCH PACKET	SCH	1832	BEAUMARIS	14/10/1881	ABERERCH	Built at Amlwch. Owned by T.Jones, Bangor. Capt Griffith Jones. Wrecked
ANDRADA	BQ	?	LIVERPOOL	24/3/1895	CAUSEWAY	Grounded then refloated.
ANN	FLAT	1799	CAERNARVON	18/10/1858	ST TUDWALS	Built Frodsham. 60t, 62' x 15' x 7'. Owner and captain Hugh Pugh. Wrecked during severe storm while bound for Barmouth with a cargo of timber. Famous vessel. In many Welsh songs and poems. (see my page "Huw Puw -the truth - and what's a Flat")
ANN & CATHERINE	SMK	?	BARMOUTH	25/7/1856	BARMOUTH	Sank.
ANN & ELIZABETH	SMK	?	PWLLHELI	6/11/1855	PWLLHELI	Driven ashore, crew rescued.
ANNIE	SCH	?	PADSTOW	30/1/1877	ST TUDWALS	Wrecked. On passage Dublin to Bristol
ATLANTIC PACKET	SCH	?	LONDON	27/2/1827	CAUSEWAY	Ran aground. Crew saved in own boat. Capt.William Pallen. On passage Marseilles to Glasgow with a cargo of beans and madder.
BERTHOLLY	SCH	?	NEWPORT	13/1/1843	BARMOUTH	Cargo of slates from P'madog. Blown ashore. One man made it ashore. Master and two crew later rescued from rigging. One crew member found dead.
BIPSHAM	BRG		LIVERPOOL	1838	?	Wrecked Caernarvon Bay (BB)
BOY NICK	FISH	?	?	22/11/78	BARMOUTH	Rudder broke whilst crossing Barmouth Bar and she sank in minutes.
BRETON	SCH		FOWEY	14/10/1881	CRICCIETH	Wrecked
BRITANNIA	SLP	?	?	1837	CRICCIETH	Wrecked
BRITANNIA	FRS	?	BATH, MAINE	30/12/1859	CAUSEWAY	Wrecked 4 miles off Barmouth. Cargo of cotton.
CAMINHADO	FRS	?	PORTUGAL	March 1805	CAUSEWAY	Wrecked. Watched by Capt Edward Roberts and the Barmouth Volunteers. This was the time of the wars against France - there were no survivors!. The soldiers salvaged 60000 pounds worth of cargo - Corn, fruit and wine.
CANTERBURY BELL	KTCH	?	?	22/4/1893	CAUSEWAY	Aground but refloated.
CARDIGAN	SS	?	?	JAN 1875	PWLLHELI	Had a collision and drifted ashore.
CARMEN	YCHT	?	ABERYSTWYTH	14/10/18	BARMOUTH	Sank.
CAROLINE	BQ	?	?	12/3/1844	ST TUDWALS	Bound Liverpool to Africa with cargo of tobacco, rum, gin and watches. Wrecked on West St Tudwals whilst trying to anchor. Ran onto rocks and broke up. Cargo was insured for 18000 pounds. A diver attempted salvage in 1844.
CAROLINE	LB		CRICCIETH	08/12/07	CRICCIETH	?????????????????
CASTILIAN	FRS	?	LONDON	4/12/1868	P'MADOG BAR	Owned by Leyland Bros? The second Castilian (Ellerman Lines) was lost off Holyhead during WWII. My first ship in 1966 was the third vessel of that name.
CATHERINE HENRY	SCH	?	ABERYSTWYTH	18/6/1897	P'MADOG BAR	Wrecked
CESTRIAN	BQ	?	LIVERPOOL	15/1/1849	CAUSEWAY	Owner Maxwell of Liverpool. Capt. Thomas Armstrong. Cargo of Palm Oil from Africa for Liverpool. Struck the Causeway and drifted ashore near Trefana, Barmouth. Became a total wreck.
CELERITY	BRG	?	?	1853	PWLLHELI	Wrecked.
CHARLOTTE	BRG	?	LE HAVRE	24/12/1855	HARLECH	In ballast from the English Channel to Cardiff. Swept ashore and wrecked. For full account incl details of rescue by Criccieth Lifeboat CLICK HERE
CHARLOTTE ANNE	?	?	PWLLHELI	6/1/1867	MORFA BYCHAN	Driven ashore.
CULLODEN	FRS	?	LIVERPOOL	9/12/1854	CAUSEWAY	Cargo of timber. Wrecked same day as the "Pride of the Seas". Click here for account of rescue in the Lifeboat Journal
DAHLIA	SMK	?	?	1860?	BARMOUTH	In distress. Crew taken off by lifeboat.
DANUBE	FRS	?	BELFAST	6/3/1861	CAUSEWAY	1000 rt. 2,700 bales of cotton. Ran aground and broke up.25 saved 1 lost. Could be seen from Criccieth.
DASHER	?	?	BEAUMARIS	28/4/1868	CAUSEWAY	Aground but refloated.
DOBELL	SMK	?	CAERNARVON	25/09/11	BARMOUTH	Aground on the Bar and refloated.
DIAMOND	FRS	?	AMERICAN	3/1/1825*	HARLECH	22/1/1825 (ET). East end of Causeway 1 mile offshore. Ran aground then sank in 7 fathoms (BB). According to Einion Thomas in an article in "Maritime Wales Vol 19, she ran aground near Harlech. Three locals were arrested for stealing goods from the wreck, one being Ellis Annwyl a shipmaster. They were fined 45 pounds - 21 pounds to be invested in the Bala to Dolgellau Turnpike Road and the interest given to the poor of the parish of Llandanwg. This charity was paid up to 1872.
DILIGENCE	SCH	?	NEFYN	22/1/1862	ABERSOCH	Driven ashore and wrecked at Castlemarch beach. Cargo of pipeclay for Newry.
DORA	SCH	1856	P'MADOG	10/03/03	ABERSOCH	Sank.This could be the DORA in Emrys Hughes's List., formerly the Margaret & Mary- 91grt, 78.8x20.2x10.7, bult at P'madog by Jones, owners R.Jones and Co. According to him she finished her days as a hulk.
DOVE	SCH	?	?	13/1/1847	ABERSOCH	Wrecked. There was also a sloop called the DOVE from Pwllheli which was wrecked in 1869
DREADNOUGHT	SCH	?	BARMOUTH	14/10/1881	ABERERCH	Wrecked. Could be the Dreadnought in EH's list "Went ashore at Pwllheli but was later salved". That ship eventualy foundered of the Pembs Coast.
DUNCAN	FISH	?	GRIMSBY	01/02/14	CAUSEWAY	Stranded. 216 ton steam trawler.
DUSTY MILLER	BQ	?	CAERNARVON	10/10/1878	CAUSEWAY	Built New Brunswick, 596 rt, registerd Liverpool, owned by John Owen of Caernarfon. In danger, anchored by the Causeway - dragging anchor. The Abersoch lifeboat stood by all night untill a P'madog tug arrived which then towed her to St Tudwal's Roads. The Rev. Owen Williams, son of the founder of Welsh lifeboats, Hon Sec, was on board and was awarded a second clasp to his RNLI silver medal.
ECONOMY	SCH	?	AMLWCH	1843	CAUSEWAY	Built by Trewick Bros. Capt R.Jones. Lost on or near the Causeway with all hands.
ECONOMY	SCH	?	?	Dec 1869	?	Middlesbro' to Barmouth with cargo of railway chairs - intriguing! - the Cambrian Coast Railway had just been completed. Lost anchor and went ashore in a gale.
EDWIN	SCH	?	CHESTER	13/1/1843	BARMOUTH	Wrecked. Anchored awaiting tide when wind suddenly blew up. She dragged anchor and went ashore north of the town. Four Master mariners finally managed to board her but by then the crew of five and the pilot were dead. Wreckage was uncovered in 1934 and some anchor chain was salvaged.
EDWARD O'BRIEN	FRS	?	ST THOMAS	13/2/1875	CAUSEWAY	Cargo of sugar.13 Feb 1875 N.Orlean - L'pool cotton, refloated to Holyhead 20 Feb
ELEANOR	SLP	1829	PORTMADOC	3/1/1870	BARMOUTH	Built by Henry Jones at P'madog.34 tons. Wrecked on the Bar. 3 Jan 1870 from Porthcawl with coal
ELLEN AND ESTHER	?	?	PORTMADOC	4/11/1869	Bardsey	Nov 1869 off Bardsey
ELIZA BELL	SCH	1854	AMLWCH	29/4/1896	ST TUDWALS	Built Londonderry. Owners John Edwards Amlwch. Aground in the roads.
ELIZABETH	SLP	?	TREFRIW	02/10/08	CARDIGAN BAY	Wrecked?
ELIZABETH	SCH	?	?	13/1/1843	ABERERCH	Cargo of wheat.Three ships, ELIZABETH, WATER LILLY and MARGARETA were sheltering in St Tudwal's Roads. Their anchors parted and all were wrecked on Abererch Beach.
EMILY BARRAT	KTCH	1913	MILLOM	17/09/27	ST TUDWALS	Grounded then refloated. Well known vessel. Last wooden built sailing ship in UK. Traded regularly to P'madog in the 20s and 30s, may have been owned there. She survived many years. I saw her lying derelict at Charlton on the London river in 1976. She ended up at Maryport where she was to be renovated but there was insufficient funds so she rotted away. 1999 being dismantled - parts being saved for museum.
EMMY	SS	?	GREECE	05/02/40	CAUSEWAY	Grounded then refloated after two days.
EMULATION	SCH	?	NEWPORT	2/3/1849	BARMOUTH	190 tons. Went ashore 5 miles south of Barmouth.
ENDEAVOUR	SMK	1845	PORTMADOC	8/12/1886	PWLLHELI	Wrecked. Owner J.H.Williams
ENTERPRISE	SS	?	BEAUMARIS	26/10/09	ABERSOCH	Sank
EQUATEUR	?	?	?	18/1/1879	CAUSEWAY	Lost. Bound San Francisco and Guayarnos to Liverpool.
EULOMENE	FRS	?	LIVERPOOL	29/01/1884	CAUSEWAY	Wrecked. Calcutta - L'pool 29 Jan 1884 Click here for reports from Lloyds List
FALCON	KTCH	?	CARDIFF	26/10/09	ABERSOCH	Wrecked
FIFE MAID	?	?	?	26/11/1861	CAUSEWAY	Wrecked. Crew lost.
FLORENCE COOKE	SS	1923	SUNDERLAND	01/07/57	PORTMADOC	Ran aground in estuary -refloated. Photo of her aground in the "Ship Aground" pub in Talsarnau. CLICK HERE for history and pictures of this well known local ship
FOSSIL	SMK/SLP	1850	PWLLHELI	14/10/02	LLANBEDROG	Built Pwllheli 38nrt. OwnerDavid Davies Llanbedrog.Disappeared.
G & S SCOTT	KTCH	?	NEWPORT	8/10/1896	ABERSOCH	Wrecked
GARIBALDI	KTCH	?	ABERDOVEY	1950?	PWLLHELI	This ex Breton fishing ketch was owned by the Outward Bound Training School. It had been sold to a Caernarfon scrap merchant who was going to use it as a hulk/barge to move scrap from a wreck at Trefor. It was being delivered to Caernarfon. The crew were Guto Mawr, Robin Cadwalader (Dad) and Ifan Woodward(Gwgi). Halfway across Cardigan Bay she started taking water and the pumps couldn't keep up so they put into Pwllheli and tied her up by the railway station, (Jack Ben piloted them in). After their exhausting adventure the gallant crew repaired to the "Mitre" for refreshment. On their return they found that the vessel had settled on the bottom. At the next high tide shewas dragged over to where the new marina is now, and abandoned. I well remember her rotting away for years. ....RDC
GARLANDSTONE	KTCH	?	DEVON	05/10/68	CAUSEWAY	This vessel was on the way to Porthmadog to be converted to a museum ship when she grounded. She was refloated and lay at Barmouth for a while then Pwllheli (she was lying at the same bert where the GARIBALDI - above - lay. I saw her there.) After a few years at P'madoc she moved to Devon where she lies today. CLICK HERE for more information.
GLENDARRACH	SS	?	LONDON	15/3/1893	CAUSEWAY	Wrecked. 800 tons cement.
GLENDOWER	FRS	?	USA	20/7/1845	PORTMADOC	Wrecked on the Bar. Fifteen of the crew were rescued by pilot boat manned by the harbour master and three master mariners. The RNLI presented four silver medals to the pilot boat crew.
HAAB	BQ	?	OSLO	24/1/1884	CAUSEWAY	Wrecked. L'pool to Valparaiso
HARKAWAY	SCH	?	CHESTER	14/10/1881	ABERERCH	Wrecked
HELENA	SMK	?	?	13/10/10	PORTMADOC	Wrecked on the bar
HENRY	BRG	?	?	29/4/1829	ST TUDWALS	Lost in Porth Ceriad. Bound Whitehaven to Cardiff with iron ore. Capt Dixon
HENRY TURNER	SCH	?	PWLLHELI	5/10/1860	PORTMADOC	Capt Hughes. In ballast from Malahide (Ireland) to P'madoc. Drifted ashore 1 mile north of Bar and broke up.
HOPEWELL	?	?	PWLLHELI	6/1/1867	MORFA BYCHAN	Driven ashore.
INDUSTRY	SCH	1867	PORTMADOC?	?	PORTMADOC	Built Gloucester. 84t 79'x18.6'x9.1'. Owners J and S Jones. Captain William Evans. Cargo of slates. Drifted from Abersoch and lost on the Bar. Following from Robert Carl Smith Industry (You have a vessel of this name but no date. The following may be the incident) sch. of Aberystwyth 72 tons. No crew aboard, parted cables off Abersoch in NNW force 10 and driven onto Porthmadog bar when bound P'madog to Cork with slates.
INDUSTRY OF TURKESTAN	YCHT	?	?	1950	HARLECH	Sank
INVERESK	BQ	?	?	Oct 1889	CAUSEWAY	Passage Liverpool to Nova Scotia. Seen being driven under bare poles for the east end of the Causeway - wrecked?
IRIS	YCHT	?	CHESTER	15/10/10	CRICCIETH	Sank
ISABEL	SCH	?	?	18/9/1858	BARMOUTH	Wrecked on the Bar
JAMES	KTCH	?	CARDIGAN	11/10/10	CRICCIETH	Wrecked
JAMES & CAROLINE	LB	?	?	13th Oct 1910	CRICCIETH	The lifeboat was thrown on the rocks in the east bay while attempting to launch. Allthough damaged she was relaunched. On nearing the casualty she went on her beam ends and three men were washed over the side but quickly rescued. The lifeboat struggled towards shore and safely beached near the mouth of the Dwyfor. CLICK HERE FOR PHOTO
JANE ELLEN	SCH	1863	PORTMADOC	14/10/1881	ABERERCH	Built Portmadoc 78nrt. Owner W.Lloyd P'madoc. Wrecked at Abererch. Is this the same vessel in EH's list? Which says she was lost in an explosion on the Thames in 1887? If so, the above may have been a minor episode and the vessel salvaged.
JANE & ELLEN	SCH	?	BANGOR	11/11/1877	ABERSOCH	Wrecked
JOHN	?	?	ST MALO	1590	PWLLHELI	Abandoned
JOHN EWING	SCH	?	?	16/02/18	BARMOUTH	Abandoned schooner. Towed in by Barmouth lifeboat.
JOHN GIBSON	SCH	?	FLEETWOOD	9/10/1896	ABERSOCH	Wrecked
JOHN G WALTER	SCH	?	NOVA SCOTIA	09/03/18	CAUSEWAY	Aground but refloated.
JOHNATHON & CAROLINE
JOSEPH	SLP	?	PWLLHELI	1/10/1891	ABERSOCH	Wrecked
JOSEPH NICHOLSON	SCH	1868	NEFYN	1884?	ST TUDWALS	Date? But after 1884. Built at Nefyn by Rees Davies. 99grt. 81'x20.9'x10.6'. Owner and master David Davies. Lost after collision with WALTER URIC off St Tudwals Islands.
KENILWORTH	?	?	LIVERPOOL	4/1/1870	CAUSEWAY	Wrecked
KINGFISHER	SS		NEW YORK	09/10/40	ABERSOCH	Abandoned
KRAGERO	BQ	?	NORWAY	2/10/1895	CAUSEWAY	Aground. SS.REBECCA of P'madog went to assist but was damaged and lost her own propellor. The owners claimed £300 for salvage but were awarded only £75.
LADY AMANDA	YCHT	?	?	Oct-93		In a strong wind and a rough sea, two persons were rescued off the yacht LADY AMANDA, by Criccieth IRB, aground on Porthmadog Bar. A Framed Letter of Thanks, signed by the RNLI's Chairman, was sent to helmsman William Walker-Jones. Letters of Appreciation were also sent to crew members Paul Filby, Nigel Roberts and Steven Williams.
LANCASTER	FRS	?	?	14/3/1835	CAUSEWAY	CAPT Lethbridge. Bound Liverpool to Africa with generals.. Had been weatherbound at St Tudwals roads. She got underway and struck the western end of the Causeway. CLICK HERE for a full account from the "Caernarvon and Denbigh Herald".
LAURA GRIFFITH	SCH	1865	?	Dec-09	PWLLHELI	Built at Pwllheli by Edward Williams, 100grt, Capt Edward Hughes. In ballast. Lost off Pencilan Head Pwllheli.
LAURENCE	SCH	?	?	26/2/1811	MORFA BYCHAN	Cargo of hides and tallow from Buenas Aires to Liverpool. Stranded at Morfa Bychan. Crew and cargo saved but vessel broke up.
LANDULAS	SCH	?	LIVERPOOL	28-Dec-00	ABERSOCH	Sank
LORD ELGIN	BQ	?	LIVERPOOL	15/2/1855	CAUSEWAY	Abandoned off Causeway.
LUCY	SCH	?	PORTMADOC	31/1/1867	PORTMADOC	Wrecked. Built at P'madog. Owner Roberts & Co.
MAGNET	SCH	?	SWANSEA	6/11/1855	PWLLHELI	Driven ashore.
MAGNOLIA	FRS	?	YARMOUTH N.S	14/2/1886	CAUSEWAY	Abandoned
MARGARET AND JANE	SCH	?	DUBLIN	13/12/1863	BARMOUTH	Wrecked Barmouth Bar
MARGARETA	SMK	?	PORTMADOC	13/1/1843	ABERERCH	Wrecked, Amlwch to Swansea with copper ore.Three ships, ELIZABETH, WATER LILLY and MARGARETA were sheltering in St Tudwal's Roads. Their anchors parted and all were wrecked on Abererch Beach.
MARGARETTA	BRG	?	SOUTH SHIELDS	22/10/1853	CAUSEWAY	Wrecked on Causeway, went to pieces. Ten crew got off and rowed ashore in their own two boats.
MARIA	SCH	?	ABERYSTWYTH	23/11/1872	ABERSOCH	Wrecked
MARIA. W	MV	?	HOLLAND	1961	PORTMADOC	Small Dutch "schyit". Limped into P'madog after getting into trouble off South Stack. I remember the incident.
MARION	SCH	1853	PORTMADOC	20/9/1885	CRICCIETH	Built at Borth y Gest by William Griffiths. Owned by Owen & Co. 67 tons, 61.1'x17.0'x9.5'. Went ashore at Criccieth loaded with lime. Her master wept at the sight of her being knocked to pieces.
MARQUIS OF ANGLESEY	SMK	?	AMLWCH	30/1/1865	PWLLHELI	Capt. Thomas. Cargo of coal. Driven onto beach near Gimlet Rock. Crew of 4 lost.
MARY CASSON	SCH	1869	PORTMADOC	Aug 1876	ST TUDWALS	Aground then refloated.
MARY & ELIZABETH	SCH	?	PWLLHELI	14/1/1843	BARMOUTH	Same storm as the EDWIN… Running back to St Tudwal's Roads for shelter but failed to anchor. Three men died of exhaustion. The cable parted and she blew across the bay and was wrecked at Dyffryn, north of Barmouth. The captain was rescued there.
MATILDA	BRG	?	?	26/6/1853	PWLLHELI	Wrecked. "Shipwrecks of North Wales" has her wrecked off South Stack Anglesey. All crew drowned.
MAY QUEEN	FRS	?	LIVERPOOL	JAN 1868	BARMOUTH	Wrecked. Cargo of sugar from Guyana.
MEDOC	BQ	?	BORDEAUX	19/11/1869	CAUSEWAY	Struck Causeway but sank off Aberdovey. Cargo of sugar for Liverpool.
MILLOM CASTLE	KTCH	?	BARROW	1924/25	ABERSOCH	Engine trouble.
MININGU	?	?	CARDIFF	Jan 18??	?	1924 ton sailing ship lost. ("Porthmadog Ships" p 129 does not make clear which year). Captain Wright. The master, his wife, five children and 17 crew were drowned.
MOUSE	SCH	?	CARDIGAN	7/10/1896	ABERSOCH	Wrecked
N.D.	SCH	?	?	1924	BARMOUTH	North West of Barmouth. 52 47'24"N, 04 19'40"W
NEPTUNE	FRS	?	?	2/2/1825	BARMOUTH	Sank. Edmund Lewis, a local man, rescued seven of the crew and received one of the first medals presented by the National Institute for the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck.
NORAH	SMK	?	PWLLHELI	11th Jan 1922	PWLLHELI	Sank
Not Known	SCH	?	HANOVER	2/1/1863	CAUSEWAY	Struck Causeway and sank in deep water. Cargo of nuts and 47 bales of cotton from Lagos to Liverpool. Crew of 7 saved in own boat.
Not Known	?	?	?	12/10/1871	CAUSEWAY	Struck Causeway and broke up. Cargo of cotton.
NOTRE DAME DE BOULOGNE	KTCH	?	FRANCE	14th Sept 1924	CAUSEWAY	Wrecked on the Causeway.
OBERON	BQ	?	LIVERPOOL	1/4/1860	CAUSEWAY	Outward bound from Liverpool. Struck Causeway. Beached at Llandwnog near Harlech
OMNIBUS	?	?	?	2/2/1869	ST TUDWALS	Captain Rees. Cargo of slates for London. Lost near St Tudwals on half tide rock.
OWEN MORRIS	3SCH	1891	PORTMADOC	Dec-07	CRICCIETH	Three masted schooner. Built P'madog by David Jones. 167grt, 102.2'x23.9'x12.1'. Capt Roberts. Genoa to P'madog in ballast. Wrecked at Black Rock. Crew rescued by Criccieth lifeboat. My Grandfather and Gt Uncle were members of the lifeboat crew. In March 1990 storms scoured out the cave and some remains came to view. A wooden beam in the "Prince of Wales" pub in Criccieth is supposedly from this wreck. For full account of the incident CLICK HERE.
PEARL	?	?	GLOUCESTER	24TH Dec 1925	PWLLHELI	Abandoned
PETER VARKEVISSER	KTCH	?	MILFORD	13/1/1895	ST TUDWALS	Sank. (wrecked Beachy Head according to BB)
PLUVIER	SCH	?	ABERYSTWYTH	15th March 1905	ST TUDWALS	Collision. (Wrecked off Cork "Porthmadog Ships")
PLYNLYMON	SS	?	LIVERPOOL	9/3/1858	CAUSEWAY	Aground
POLTALLACH	4BQ	1893	VICTORIA B.C.	3rd Jan 1916	CAUSEWAY	Wrecked while under tow from Queenstown (now Cobh) to Leith. Four masted barque. 2254grt, 2139nrt, 86.6mx12.8mx7.41m. Built at Belfast by Workman Clark and Co for Potter Bros of London. At time of loss was owned by Eschen and Minor, Victoria B.C. Canada. This is probably the wreck my father remembered as a boy. The beach behind the jetty in Criccieth was covered with wreckage - masts, spars etc.
PRIDE OF THE SEA	FRS	?	BALTIMORE	9/12/1854	CAUSEWAY	".......the Baltimore clipper PRIDE OF THE SEA slammed into St Patrick's Causeway on the 9th December 1854. Racing from New Orleans to Liverpool with a cargo of cotton, Captain Harp mistook Bardsey light for the East coast of Ireland and was under full canvas when his fineship shuddered to a halt three miles offshore. Meanwhile the Liverpool ship CULLODEN, heading for home with a cargo of Canadian timber, had been following the clipper and also hit the Causeway, at the southern end. The crew abandoned ship and arrived at Barmouth in their own boats to give the first news of the wreck. Later that night Capt Harp reboarded the PRIDE OF THE SEA to inspect the damage and take off food and blankets for his shipwrecked crew of thirty six ashore at Barmouth. Next morning the clipper was seen to be on fire and she continued to burn for 48 hrs before her hull collapsed. The above account is from ""Shipwrecks of North Wales"" by Ivor Wynne Jones. ". Click here for account of the service by Criccieth and barmouth lifeboats.
PROGRESS	?	?	?	1928	PWLLHELI	Sank 005deg x 1.7' from Gimlet Rock
PROSPERITY	DY	1850	PORTMADOC	25/2/1873	ST TUDWALS	A "dandy" built at P'madog. Owned by Jones & Co. Wrecked at St Tudwals. According to EH's list she was salvaged and rebuilt.
PROSPERITY	KTCH/SMK?	1850?	CAERNARVON	14th Dec 1909	ABERSOCH	Possibly built at P'madog, 41nrt, and rebuilt as a schooner in 1878. Wrecked. Owners Henry Hughes of Caernarfon?
RAMBLER	BRG	?	?	14/11/1810	CAUSEWAY	Wrecked. Capt Thomas Drummond. Cargo of cotton from New York to Liverpool
RARE PLANT	SCH	?	PADSTOW	8/10/1896	ABERSOCH	Sank
RICHARD & HENRY	SMK	?	CAERNARVON	1869	PWLLHELI	Sank
REINDEER	SCH	1871	CAERNARVON	20/10/1874	ST TUDWALS	Built at Nefyn. 75grt. Cargo of slates for Coles of London. Foundered - Bardsey bearing NNW x 10'. Crew landed in own boat in 30 mins.
RIO NEGRO	SS	?	LONDON	12th Jan 1920	BARMOUTH	Broke down.
RYERSON	FRS	?	YARMOUTH N.S	1/6/1874	CAUSEWAY	Aground
SAM SLICK	SCH	?	PLYMOUTH	DEC 1886	PWLLHELI	Padstow owned. On passage from Fleetwood to Swansea with a cargo of pitch. Driven ashore in Force 11.
ST GEORGE	BRG	?	?	14/10/1881	ABERERCH	Wrecked
ST TUDWAL'S FERRY	?	?	?	1887	ST TUDWALS	Wrecked
SCOUT	SMK	?	?	17th OCT 1934	PORTMADOC	Wrecked on the Bar
SEAMAN	KTCH	?	BEAUMARIS	2nd FEB 1903	ABERSOCH	Sank
SEDELOUS (ZEDULOUS)	SCH	1849	PORTMADOC	3/1/1882	PORTMADOC	Built at Nefyn by R.Thomas 74tons. Owned by Hugh Roberts of Borth y Gest. This is a well known wreck and wreckage was still visible after 50 years. The SEDULOUS had 20 tons of dynamite for P'madog. She also had a load of iron (copper?) ore for? Whitehaven. She picked her pilot up at St Tudwals and proceeded inwards expecting to meet the steam tug at the Bar. The tug was busy elsewhere so the master decided to carry on as the wind was favourable. Unfortunately the wind died and the vessel was swept back by the ebb tide onto the Bar. She broke up but one of the masts was gripped by the iron ore and remained visible for years.
SEVEN BROTHERS	SCH	1867	BEAUMARIS	16th JAN 1905	ABERSOCH	Built at Llansanffraid 53 nrt. Owner Richard Thomas Caernarfon. Sank
SIERRA MIRANDA	FRS	?	?	3/1/1894	CAUSEWAY	Ran aground
SIX BROTHERS	SCH	1841	PORTMADOC	6/1/1867	PORTMADOC	Built at P'madog by Evan Evans. 76 nrt. Masters - John Owen Morris Borth y Gest/Williams. Owner Williams. Wrecked on Ynys Cyngar. Wreckage could still be seen at low tide in the 1940's
SNAEFELL	SCH	?	RAMSEY	15th OCT 1902	PWLLHELI	Abandoned. (wrecked off Denmark according to "Porthmadog Ships")
SNOWDON	KTCH	?	CAERNARVON	20th FEB 1910	ABERSOCH	Sank
SOBRAON	BQ	?	LIVERPOOL	24/1/1860	?	Ran aground in heavy seas, probably refloated
SOUTHWARK	SS	?	BARROW	26tH FEB 1923	ABERSOCH	Wrecked. Cargo of pig iron.
SPANKER	BQ	1860	GLASGOW	7/2/1885	HARLECH	Built at Dumbarton 477 grt. Owner and Master R.Whitehall. Bound Jamaica to Liverpool with cargo of logwood. Driven ashore at Morfa Harlech. Seven recued by Criccieth lifeboat, four drowned including Captain, steward, bosun and carpenter. …. CLICK HERE for full account.
SURPASS	SCH	?	CORK	17/6/1876	PORTMADOC	129 nrt. In ballast for P'madog. Wrecked on sands near harbour.Crew got off in own boat.
SWALLOW	SLP	?	PWLLHELI	1863	ABERSOCH	Wrecked
SYREN	KTCH	?	BEAUMARIS	8th MARCH 1908	PWLLHELI	Sank
TAL Y BONT	?	17th C	?	?	BARMOUTH	Lat 52 46'42"N Long 04 07'30"W. The wreck of an armed ship carrying massive blocks of marble, possibly dating to the late 17th C, was found by divers in the summer of 1978. The wreck is also known as the "Bronze Bell Wreck" as a bell dated 1677 was found at the site. This site is designated a "Historic Wreck" under the Protection of Wrecks Act 1973
TAMERLANE	BQ	?	LIVERPOOL	OCT 1846	MORFA BYCHAN	600 TONS,Stranded but salvaged by John Evans of Aberystwyth. She then sailed from that port with emigrants to Canada and was lost on her next voyage. CLICK HERE to see newspaper article about the incident.
TELEPHONE	SS	?	?	?	?	Dragged anchors and went aground. Well known local coaster. CLICK here to see a drawing of her.
TURKESTAN	FRS	?	LIVERPOOL	18/2/1876	HARLECH	1417 nrt. Capt. J.Brown new York to Liverpool with generals. Wrecked near Harlech castle.
TWO BROTHERS	SMK	?	PWLLHELI	10th OCT 1903	PWLLHELI	Wrecked
TWO BROTHERS	SCH	?	NEFYN	16th MARCH 1907	ABERSOCH	Wrecked
UNITY	SCH	?	BEAUMARIS	14th Dec 1909	PENRHYN DDU	Collision
VA SANS PEUR	FISH	?	BRITTANY	25th MAR 1948	CAUSEWAY?	Ran aground then refloated.
VENUS	SMK	?	?	13th OCT 1910	PORTMADOC	Ran aground
VICTORIA	SCH	?	BARNSTABLE	JAN 1843	CAUSEWAY	Struck Causeway then wrecked near Barmouth. All crew drowned.
WAPELLA	BQ	?	BATH U.S.A	24/1/1868	CAUSEWAY	Struck the Causeway then wrecked near Llandwywe? (The following taken from a letter to the gwynedd Family History Society from Mr D.G.Roberts of Blaenau Ffestiniog)…….From the Reg. Burials Llandwywe Meirioneth……" On the night of 24th jan 1868, a barque, the WAPELL OF BATH, in America, having missed her course struck the causeway and came ashore about 12 o'clock at night........... She would have been nearly dry at 2 or 3o'clock but at 9 o'clock A.M., the crew 15 in number attempted to land in boats, but these were upset at once. Eleven in all were drowned and four were saved..............The vessel held out for a full week before she broke up. All might have been saved had they remained on board.........The ship came from New Orleans with cotton............. Isac Lincoln Orr, captain, drowned from the Wapella of Bath, America and found on the shore on the 5th Feb 1868. Age not known........The body of Captain Orr was disinterred and sent to America 25th Jan 1870"
WATER LILLY	SCH	?	ABERYSTWYTH	13/1/1843	ABERERCH	Ballast? From Liverpool. Three ships, ELIZABETH, WATER LILLY and MARGARETA were sheltering in St Tudwal's Roads. Their anchors parted and all were wrecked on Abererch Beach.
WATER LILLY	SCH	?	BARNSTABLE	6th DEC 1914	ABERSOCH	Sank
WILLIAM	SCH	1838	PORTMADOC	12/5/1868	ABERSOCH	Built P'madog by Francis Roberts. 87 grt, 66.6'x19.6'x10.9'. Stranded at Abersoch. All books say she was wrecked but I have documents that show she was salvaged and repaired and was still trading in 1881. Capt. John Cadwalader Jones.
WILLIAM KEITH	SCH	1859	CAERNARVON	16/10/1860	BARMOUTH	Built Portdinorwic by Jones. 99 grt, 79.5x22.2'x10.7'. Capt Jones of Barmouth. Aground but refloated.
WILLIAMS	SMK	1840	PWLLHELI	2/8/1881	CRICCIETH	Built at Morfa Bychan 28 tons, 41.4'x13.4'x7.3'. Owner Morris and Co, Portmadg. Wrecked at Criccieth. Known localy as "Williams Bach"
WINIFREDA	SMK	?	PWLLHELI	3rd OCT 1917	PWLLHELI	Sank
ZEBULON	BQ	?	LIVERPOOL	12/9/1835	CAUSEWAY	Grounded. Bound Quebec to Liverpool. Refloated on the next tide and resumed voyage.
ZIRCON	YCHT	?	?	1977	PORTMADOC	Thanks of the RNLI, inscribed on vellum, were presented to James Owen, Kenneth Roberts and Robert Williams of the Criccieth Inshore Rescue Boat in recognition for their service to the yacht ZIRCON aground on Porthmadog Bar.



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