This record comprises a documentary reference to a shipping casualty which has been assigned to the maritime named location BARDSAY SOUND pending more information which may allow a more precise location for the loss to be assigned.
Event and Historical Information:
The PALENDAR was a 34nt wooden sloop built at Conwy in 1850. At time of loss on 11 February 1861, the vessel was owned by Kneeshaw and registered at Liverpool. It was carrying a cargo of oats under the command of master D Wynne. The sloop encountered a northwesterly force 9 gale and was wrecked in Bardsey Sound. Two crewmembers were also lost in the incident.
Sources include:
Board of Trade Wreck Return 1861 Table 8 pg16 (868)
Larn and Larn Shipwreck Database 2002
Lloyds Register of British and Foreign Shipping, 1 July 1859 - 30 June 1860, number 15 in P
