This record comprises a documentary reference to a shipping casualty which has been assigned to the maritime named location DULAS ISLAND pending more information which may allow a more precise location for the loss to be assigned.

Event and Historical Information:
The MARY ANN was a 138gt wooden brigantine, built in 1879 by Kingston of Moray and registered in Guernsey. At the time of loss, 16 November 1928, the vessel was owned by George H Grounds of Runcorn. The MARY ANN was sailing from Runcorn to Falmouth with a cargo of coal, when it was stranded on Dulas Rocks, Anglesey.

Sources include:

Appropriation Books, Official Numbers 79951 - 80000 (79954)
Larn and Larn Shipwreck Database 2002
Lloyd's Register Casualty Returns 1928, p.11 (g)
Mercantile Navy List, 1915, page 885
Mercantile Navy List 1920 p.881
Mercantile Navy List 1922 p.928
SV Mary Ann, Wreck Site EU

Maritime Officer, RCAHMW, August 2017.

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