Site Record

Archaeological remains associated with the loss of this vessel are not confirmed as present at this location, but may possibly be in the vicinity.

Event and Historical Information:
The CURLEW was a wooden smack built in 1857 and registered at Beaumaris. At time of loss, the vessel was owned by T Evans of Caernarfon. It was carrying a cargo of gravel from Conwy to Liverpool under the command of master W Evans, when it developed a leak during an east southeasterly gale on 18 August 1898. The smack subsequently sank 8 miles north-northeast of the Great Orme.

Sources include:
Board of Trade Wreck Return 1897 Appendix C Table 1 pg107 (679)
Larn and Larn Shipwreck Database 2002
Wynne-Jones, I, 2001, Shipwrecks of North Wales, 4 ed, p113

Maritime Officer, RCAHMW, August 2008