This record comprises a documentary reference to a shipping casualty which has been assigned to the maritime named location LIVERPOOL BAY pending more information which may allow a more precise location for the loss to be assigned.
Event and Historical Information:
The WILLIAM NEILSON was a wooden sailing vessel which was on passage from Liverpool to New Orleans. The report printed in Lloyds List on 12 October 1832 noted the master's name as Platt and that the vessel had been totally lost. The report also referred to fears that the crew and passengers had been drowned.
Sources include:
Larn and Larn Shipwreck Database 2002
Lloyds List, 12 October 1832, issue number 6785
