This record consists of a documentary reference to a shipping casualty which has been assigned to the maritime named location HAT AND BARRELS pending more information which may allow a more precise location for the loss to be assigned.

Event and Historical Information:
The MOGADORE was an iron-hulled steamship built by Iliff, Mounsey & Co at Sunderland in 1872. Technical and configuration specifications are given as 956gt, 612nt; 209ft 2in length x 29ft 1in breadth x 16ft 7in depth. The ship had one change of name during its service life - ex SILBURY. At time of loss 25 July 1895, the vessel was owned by Leech, Harrison, Forwood, of Liverpool and under the command of R Hodge. The MOGADORE was carrying coal from Glasgow to Bayonne when it ran onto the Hat and Barrels reef.

Sources include:

Board of Trade Wreck Return 1895, Appendix C, Table 1, p.117
Larn and Larn Shipwreck Database 2002
Lloyd's Register Casualty Return, 1 July - 30 September 1895, p.7 (g)
Lloyd's Register of British and Foreign Shipping, 1 July 1894 - 30 June 1895, number 733 in M
South Wales Daily News, 27 July 1895, p.5

Maritime Officer, RCAHMW, November 2009.

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