Archaeological remains associated with the loss of this vessel are not confirmed as present at this location, but may be in the vicinity.

Event and Historical Information:
The HAMLET was a wooden brig, built in 1870 in Laurvig and registered in Christiania, Norway. Technical and configuration specifications are given as 259nt (272gt), length 117ft 5in x breadth 27ft.3in x depth 12ft.8in (35.78m x 8.3m x3.86m), with one deck. At the time of loss, 6 July 1896, the vessel was owned by J Hansen of Christiania and under the command of H C Killingstad. The HAMLET was sailing from Sheet Harbour to Carmarthen, with a cargo of softwood, when it was stranded in the Carmarthen River. No lives were reported lost. Larn reports that 'it is very likely that she (HAMLET) was refloated, sold and repaired, since Lloyd's Register records that the entry 'stranded and condemned' has written over it the word 'cancelled'.

Sources include:

Larn and Larn Shipwreck Database 2002
Lloyd's Register Casualty Returns, 1 July - 30 September 1896, p.12 (h)
Lloyd's Register of British and Foreign Shipping, 1 July 1896 - 30 June 1897, number 78 in H
Norske Veritas 1889, No 34 (H)
South Wales Daily Post, 9 July 1896, p.4

Maritime Officer, RCAHMW, August 2011.

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