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

Event and Historical Information:
The NEPTUNE was a 187nt wooden barque built by F W Green at Bristol in 1844. At time of loss on 22 August 1868, the vessel was owned by its builder and under the command of J Mills. The barque was carring coal, gunpowder and salt from Liverpool to Brass River, Nigeria, when it stranded on the West Hoyle Bank. The vessel was lost along with the 8 crewmembers who were onboard.

Sources include:
Board of Trade Wreck Return 1868 Part II Table 21 pg34 (712) and Table 22 pg40 (718)
Larn and Larn Shipwreck Database 2002
Lloyds Register of British and Foreign Shipping, 1 July 1866 - 30 June 1867, number 82 in N

Maritime Officer, RCAHMW, February 2010.