This record comprises a documentary reference to a shipping casualty which has been assigned to the maritime named location MENAI STRAITS pending more information which may allow a more precise location for the loss to be assigned.
Event and Historical Information:
The ISABELLA was a wooden dandy which was carrying a cargo of stone setts. At time of loss on 24 July 1867, it was navigating the Menai Straits in a westerly force 7 gale. The dandy foundered with the loss of two crewmembers.
Sources include:
Board of Trade |Wreck Return 1867 Table 21 Part II pg34 (466)
Larn and Larn Shipwreck Database 2002
