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 PRINCE OF WALES was a wooden schooner built at Porthmadoc in 1842 by Henry Jones. Technical and configuration specifications are given as 63 tons burthen; 57.6ft length x 15.9ft breadth x 8ft depth in hold; 1 deck, 2 masts, Schooner rigged with a standing bowsprit, is square sterned, carvel built, a man's bust figurehead, framework and planking wood; official number 3614. The schooner's registry was transferred from Pwllheli (3 in 1842) to Caernarvon in February 1850, at which time the consortium of owners was listed as Griffith Griffth of Llanbedr, mariner and master (28 shares); Henry Jones of Porthmadoc, ship builder (16 shares); Griffth Roberts of Llanfighangel y Mathias, joiner (2 shares); John Jones of Llaneddwynr, farmer (2 shares); Griffith Richards of Llaneddwynr, carrier (2 shares); Morgan Jones of Llaneddwynr, farmer (4 shares); Richard Edwards of Llanfair, farmer (2 shares); Job Roberts of Llanfair, mariner (2 shares); Owen Richards of Llanfair, victutaller (2 shares); and Thomas Jones of Liverpool, shipwright (4 shares). Its register entry is closed with annotation 'The vessel was totally lost on the island of Bardsey on the 9 Feb 1870'.
Sources include:
Port of Caernarfon Shipping Register 1849 - 1855, Gwynedd Archive Service XSR/15, 2 in 1850
