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 JOHN AND ANN was a 51nt wooden ketch built at Aberystwyth in 1821. At time of loss 24 March 1898, the vessel was owned by R Evans of Caernarfon and was carrying a cargo of coal from Newport (Gwent) to Goodwick under the command of R Jones. The ketch was caught by a northeasterly force 10 gale and driven ashore on Goodwick Sands.

Sources include:
Board of Trade Wreck Return 1898 Appendix C Table 1 pg139 (591)
Larn and Larn Shipwreck Database 2002
Merchant Navy List 1894 pg514

Maritime Officer, RCAHMW, September 2010.