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 FLYING FISH was a wooden smack built at Kinsale in 1818. Technical and configuration specifications are given as 19 ton burthen; 37.7ft length x 11.4ft breadth x 6.9ft depth in hold; 1 deck, 1 masts, Smack rigged with a running bowsprit, square sterned, carvel built. The death of William Thomas of Solva, mariner, caused the smack to be transferred from the Milford to the port of Caernarvon in May 1841. The new owner's were Thomas Roberts of Brys Eyr (?), farmer, brother of William Thomas (32 shares); Evan Owen of Penmon, mariner (30); and Ann Jones of Pwllhelli, spinster (4). The smack's register entry was closed with the annotation 'Vessel wrecked in Llandudno Bay. Reg cancelled 18 November 1848'.

Sources include:
Port of Caernarfon Shipping Register 1840-1849, Gwynedd Archive Service XSR/14, 5 in 1841

Maritime Officer, RCAHMW, October 2012.