Archaeological remains associated with the loss of this vessel are not confirmed as present at this location, but may be in the vicinity.
Event and Historical Information:
The CARRS was a 205nt wooden brig (or snow), built in 1838 in Sunderland and registered in South Shields. At the time of loss, 29 September 1852, the vessel was owned by J Leslie and captained by Mr Christernsen. The CARRS was sailing from Liverpool to Newcastle-upon-Tyne with a cargo of salt, when it was lost two miles east of Moelfre in an east-northeasterly force 9 gale.
Sources include:
Larn and Larn Shipwreck Database 2002
Lloyds List, 30 September 1852
Lloyds Register of British and Foreign Shipping, 1 July 1851 - 30 June 1852, number 152 in C
Wynne-Jones, I. 1973, Shipwrecks of North Wales, p96 & 188
