This record comprises a documentary reference to a shipping casualty which has been assigned to the maritime named location DUTCHMAN?S BANK pending more information which may allow a more precise location for the loss to be assigned.
Event and Historical Information:
The INO was a 75nt wooden schooner built at Frodsham in 1846. At time of loss on 20 February 1877, the vessel was owned by Brundits & Co of Runcorn and was carrying a cargo of granite boulders from Penmaenmawr to Dublin. The schooner was caught by a northwesterly force 9 gale and foundered as it tried to put back into Beaumaris for shelter. Three lives were lost along with the vessel.
Sources include:
Board of Trade Wreck Return 1877 Part III pg122-3 (323) and Appendix I-IV pg78 (278)
Larn and Larn Shipwreck Database 2002
