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 CAREW CASTLE was built as an Admiralty standard trawler by J P Rennoldson & Son, South Shields, in 1919 (yard number 313). Technical and configuration specifications are given as 276gt, 246nt; 125ft 4in length x 23ft 4in breadth x 12ft 6in depth; screw propulsion powered by a single steam boiler linked to a triple expansion engine producing 61hp; official number 136085. The trawler was original named the WILLIAM DRAKE, but when was sold out of service to Harley & Miller Ltd to enter into fishing the name was change to EBOR CASTLE. At time of loss, the vessel had been renamed with change of ownership to Consolidated Fisheries Ltd. The trawler ran onshore on 1 November 1929. The location given as on the rocks south-southwest of the old Coastguard Station on Port Eynon Point.

Sources include:

Edmunds, G. 1979, The Gower Coast, p.105 (photo)
FV Carew Castle, Wreck Site EU (editing needed)
Larn and Larn Shipwreck Database 2002
Lloyd's Register Casualty Returns, 1 October - 31 December 1929, p.8 (g)
Lloyd's Register of British and Foreign Shipping, 1929 July 1930 - 30 June 1, number 7034 in C
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).

Maritime Officer, RCAHMW, February 2009.

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