This site, believed to be the FAITH, was located by the indentification of an angular structure/anomaly within an area of sand ripples. The crests of the ripples are orientated northwest/southeast, whereas the structure is orientated perpendicular to the crests (i.e. northeast/southwest or 045/225 degrees). The anomaly measures 7.7m length x 5.2m breadth and has a height of 0.6m.

Event and Historical Information:
The FAITH was a wooden schooner built by Holman at Topsham in 1860 (official number 21778). Technical and configuration specifications are given as 76gt, 58nt; 80ft 8in length x 18ft 5in breadth x 8ft 8in depth. The schooner was owned at time of loss by E Hughes, Ralph St, Borth-y-Gest, and was enroute from Cardiff to Wexford with a cargo of coal. The schooner foundered 0.25m SW of St Ann's Head on 23 September 1916. The wreck was initially marked with a buoy, but had been dispersed by 14 October 1916. The wreck was sought as part of the Cadw-funded Coal and Slate Wrecks Project. This site was located during a marine geophysical survey of the general vicinity by Wessex Archaeology in April-May 2010.

Sources include:
Board of Trade Wreck Return 1916 Part II Table A pg 23 (2)
Larn and Larn Shipwreck Database 2002
Lloyds Register of British and Foreign Shipping, 1 July 1915 - 30 June 1916, number 21 in F
UK Hydrographic Office Wrecks and Obstructions Database. ? Crown Copyright and database rights. Reproduced by permission of the Controller of Her Majesty's Stationery Office and the UK Hydrographic Office (www.ukho.gov.uk).
Wessex Archaeology, 2010, Wrecks off the Coast of Wales: Marine Geophysical Surveys and Interpretation, Report Ref: 53111.02-5, pg36-7, WA Ids 2019, 7000

Maritime Officer, RCAHMW, June 2012.