An unidentified wreck (UKHO 7507) lies in 15m of water. It was originally reported by divers from Cambrian BSAC in 1983 and described as the wreck of a sailing vessel, buried in mud and clay, with dimensions of 80ft by 26ft (24m x 8m). The initial report associated the remains with the wreck of the HORNBY (NPRN 271593). The wreck was first located and examined by the UKHO in 2019 and has a surveyed length of 4m, a width of 2.5m and a height of 1m. It is described by the UKHO as being a possible degraded wreck. The nature of the seabed illustrates the potential for the wreck to have become buried in sediment since its initial reporting in 1983, which may account for the dramatic difference in length between that reported in 1983 and that surveyed in 2019.

There is currently not enough evidence to identify the wreck as that of the HORNBY, and a number of other losses are recorded in the area. Furthermore, wreck reports describe the HORNBY as being visible within Hornby Cave in 1877, which in turn suggests that the ship did not settle offshore at the location of UKHO 7507 after it sank.

Sources include:
Larn and Larn Shipwreck Database 2002

UKHO ID 7507: Contains public sector information, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0, from UK Hydrographic Office.

Wynne-Jones, I, 2001, Shipwrecks of North Wales, 4 ed, p.107-8

J. Whitewright, RCAHMW, August 2024.