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 MOUNTAINEER was a 297 ton full-rigged ship built at Sunderland in 1833. The vessel's Lloyds Register entry notes that the vessel had been coppered in 1839; that the owner was Laidman; and that it belonged to the port of Liverpool. The vessel was classed A1, with a 9 year interval required before the next inspection was due and was to be used primarily for voyages from Liverpool to Jamaica. At time of loss, the ship was on passage to Liverpool from South America under the command of master Williams. During the early morning of 18 October 1841 the ship ran onto Caernarfon Bar. At daylight the MOUNTAINEER was spotted on the Bar and the Llanddwyn lifeboat was called out under coxswain G Griffiths. The lifeboat took off the crew, the Captain's wife and her three children and landed then at Caernarfon. The only casualty was the ship's boy who took to the rigging and drowned as the sea broke over the vessel. The coxswain of the lifeboat was awarded a silver medal for this rescue.

Sources include:
Larn and Larn Shipwreck Database 2002
Lloyds List, 11 January 1842, issue number 8376
Lloyds Register of British and Foreign Shipping, 1 July 1840 - 30 June 1841, entry 941 in M
North Wales Chronicle, 26 October 1841, issue 745
North Wales Chronicle, 9 November 1841, issue 747
Wynne-Jones, I, 2001, Shipwrecks of North Wales, 4ed, pg48

Maritime Officer, RCAHMW, August 2008