The remains of a large sailing vessel, believed to be the NYDIA, lying with its keel orientated 140/230 degrees (bow to the northwest). The wreck is almost completely buried in sand and has length of 43m and breadth of 11.5m. The hull is sheathed in copper. The highest part of the wreck is the deck-house which stands some 4.1m above the general level of the seabed. Some damage, caused by trawling, had also been reported by sports divers.

Event and Historical Information:
The NYDIA was a wooden barque built by Valin at Quebec in 1863. Technical and configuration specifications are given as 834nt, 163ft length x 33ft 8in breadth x 22ft 3in depth; partially fastened with iron bolts; sheathed in felt and yellow metal. At time of loss on 18 November 1877, the vessel was owned by J P Evans and under the command of H T Gwyther. The barque was on passage from Liverpool to Tyree and Savannah when it was in collision with the steamship ALBANIAN and foundered 8 miles off the Great Orme.

Sources include:
Board of Trade Wreck Return 1877 pg134-5 (335) and Appendix Parts 1-IV pg110 (524)
Larn and Larn Shipwreck Database 2002
Lloyds Register of British and Foreign Shipping, 1 July 1877 - 30 June 1879, number 447 in N
UK Hydrographic Office Wrecks and Obstructions Database. ? Crown Copyright and database rights. Reproduced by permission of the Controller of Her Majesty's Stationery Office and the UK Hydrographic Office (www.ukho.gov.uk)

Maritime Officer, RCAHMW, February 2010.