This record comprises a documentary reference to a shipping casualty which has been assigned to the maritime named location GOODWICK SANDS pending more information which may allow a more precise location for the loss to be assigned.

Event and Historical Information:
The QUEEN OF TRUMPS was a 33nt wooden smack belonging to the port of Aberystwyth. At time of loss 18 October 1854, the vessel was carrying a cargo of ironstone from Penrynder. It was caught by a north-northeasterly force 10 gale and was driven ashore on Goodwick Sands to become a total wreck. The crew were saved.

Sources include:
Admiralty Wreck Return 1854 pg74-5 (435)
Larn and Larn Shipwreck Database 2002
Lloyds List, 21 October 1854, issue number 12659

Maritime Officer, RCAHMW, September 2010.