An unidentified wreck (UKHO 7438) lies in 44mm of water and is orientated 060/300 degrees. The wreck was first located and examined by the UKHO in 1987, and subject to a detailed survey by Bangor University in May 2019. The main section of the wreck is rectangular and box-like, with a surveyed length of 25m, a width of 6m. In undertaking analysis of the Bangor University survey, Innes McCartney noted (2022) that further material is likely to be buried fore and aft of the main section of remains and to be much longer, but that the width of the wreck is probably quite accurate.

The wreck was subject to detailed diver inspection and reporting to the UKHO in 1989, which concluded it was the wreck of a sailing vessel, outbound from Liverpool. The divers observed that the upper timbers of the hull have eroded leaving a cargo of pottery, earthenware jars, bottles to spill out onto the seabed. They observed a large number of copper discs marked 'Newton Keates & Co, Liverpool', along with rolls of lead. In 1996, further diver reports observed that the wreck was nearly level with the seabed, and that cast-iron 'irons' carried a date of 1863. Brass plates were also recovered marked  'J & J Whitehouse, Victoria, Tipton, patented 15 September 1865'. Other artefacts recovered and reported to the Receiver of Wreck include 33 bowls, 1 chamber pot, 1 bedpan, 1 cup, 1 teapot and an earthenware jug.

The wreck was originally thought to be that of the American sailing vessel GOVERNOR FENNER (NPRN 271857) that sank in February 1841. This was revised to an identification as the paddlesteamer PACIFIC, sank 1857, in 1991, and the site currently carries that identification within the UKHO. However, the dates of the recovered artefacts means that the vessel cannot be either of those, and must have sank after the 1865 date given on the brass plate. 

Sources include:

McCartney, I., 2022. Echoes from the Deep. Leiden: Sidestone Press. https://www.sidestone.com/books/echoes-from-the-deep

Receiver of Wreck Droits database 2007, RCIM6/2/5 also letter and printout March 2001, RCIM6/2/5/1

UKHO ID 7438: Contains public sector information, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0, from UK Hydrographic Office.

J. Whitewright, RCAHMW, January 2025.