This record comprises a documentary reference to a shipping casualty which has been assigned to the maritime named location BRISTOL CHANNEL pending more information which may allow a more precise location for the loss to be assigned.
Event and Historical Information:
The FOX was a 65nt wooden schooner built in 1811 at Fowey. At the time of loss, the vessel was owned by Grenfells of St Ives. The FOX was lost in the Bristol Channel on 26 September 1851.
Sources include:
Larn and Larn Shipwreck Database 2002
Port of St Ives Shipping Register 1851, entry number 4
