This record consists of a documentary reference to a shipping casualty which has been assigned to the maritime named location HOLYHEAD HARBOUR pending more information which may allow a more precise location for the loss to be assigned.
Event and Historical Information:
The ELLEN was a wooden sailing vessel on passage from Limerick to London which stranded near Holyhead. The report printed in Lloyds List on 19 February 1796 notes the master's name as Kavanugh and that the cargo was being unloaded.
Sources include:
Larn and Larn Shipwreck Database 2002
Lloyds List, 19 February 1796, issue number 2795
