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

Event and Historical Information:
The IDA was a wooden brigantine built by Jones at Porthmadioc in 1877. Technical and configuration specifications are given as 179nt; 103ft 5in length x 24ft 2in breadth x 13ft 4in depth; offical number 77416. At time of loss on 8 August 1890, the vessel was owned by H Williams of Porthmadoe (also the master). The IDA was carrying phosphate from Ghent to Liverpool when it ran onto the Smalls and became stranded.

Sources include:

Board of Trade Wreck Return 1890, Appendix C, Table 1, p.119 (645)
Carnarvon and Denbigh Herald, 29 August 1890, p.6
Larn and Larn Shipwreck Database 2002
Lloyd's Register Casualty Returns, 1 July - 30 September 1890, p.9 (h)
Lloyd's Register of British and Foreign Shipping, 1 July 1888 - 30 June 1889, number 40 in I
Merchant Navy List 1888, p.375 (I)

Maritime Officer, RCAHMW, October 2010.

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