DescriptionArchaeological 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 PICKERING DODGE was a wooden sailing vessel on passage from Liverpool to Newport under the command of master Holbrook. The report printed in Lloyds List noted that it been wrecked on the Middle Patch on the 19 July 1839. One passenger and four crew members (including the master) lost their lives.
A memorial slab, commemorating the dead of this and two other nineteenth century shipwrecks (La Jeune Emma (NPRN 240649) and Brothers (NPRN 273864)) on Cefn Sidan sands, is mounted on the chancel south wall of St Illtyd's Church (NPRN 101623).
Sources include:
Larn and Larn Shipwreck Database 2002
Lloyds List, 22 July 1839, issue number 7916
Maritime Officer, RCAHMW, September 2011.