Alexandra

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Approximately 15m of the keel and the stern remain recognisable. The remainder is well-broken up and covered in kelp.

Event and Historical Information:
The ALEXANDRA was a steamship which ran onto the Clipperau Rocks on 9 February 1871. The 23 crewmembers were rescued by the Holyhead lifeboat.

Sources include:
UK Hydrographic Office Wrecks and Obstructions Database. ? Crown Copyright and database rights. Reproduced by permission of the Controller of Her Majesty's Stationery Office and the UK Hydrographic Office (www.ukho.gov.uk)
Wynne-Jones, I, 2001, Shipwrecks of North Wales, 4 ed, p152

Maritime Officer, RCAHMW, November 2009.