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Morecambe Bay Shipwrecks



  	

Source of Information, Larn: Shipwreck Index of the British Isles Vol 5

This page covers the period from 26/02/1853 to 20/03/1884

Name Date Details
Vigo 26/02/1853 A schooner lost in bad weather on Walney.
Coromandel 26/03/1853 A schooner lost on Salthouse Bank. Crew saved by the Lytham lifeboat
Success 06/04/1853 A schooner lost near Fleetwood in a force 9 gale.
Willy 09/04/1853 A flat sailing for Saltney lost at Rossall.
Eleanor 23/10/1853 A schooner sailing between Troon and Runcorn. Ashore on Bernards Wharf.
Margaret 04/02/1854 On voyage from Bangor to Maryport. Lost on Duddon Sands.
Isabella 03/10/1854 A smack inbound from Bridgewater to Preston. Lost on Horse Bank in force 9 winds.
Duke of York 11/12/1854 A Barque making for Madras from Greenock. Struck the North & South rocks at Walney. Some crew lost.
Doy 20/12/1854 A Barque making for Greenock. Lost on Walney.
British Token 24/11/1856 A Schooner lost on the Ribble Bank.
Thomas 01/09/1857 A Sloop wrecked off Blackpool
Splended 05/10/1857 A Schooner outbound from Ardrossan. Lost on Bernards Wharf.
Pride 02/11/1857 Schooner stranded at Blackpool.
Mineral July 1858 A Schooner sung on The Banks.
Unidentified 1859 Schooner lost at Lytham
Elfin 08/02/1859 A schooner foundered near Walney Light.
Bay 15/02/1859 A Sloop lost near Haws Point in force 7 winds.
Pilgrim December 1859 Inbound from Douglas. Lost off Blackpool.
Barbara 05/12/1859 A Sloop wrecked on Salthouse Bank.
Ann Mitchell 22/01/1860 On voyage from Belfast and stranded on Bernard's Wharf in force 10 winds.
Anna Dixon 23/01/1860 A schooner driven onto Bernard's Wharf.
Jane Roper 23/01/1860 Schooner wrecked on Shell Wharf.
Catherine 19/02/1860 Inbound to Fleetwood from Newry. The Schooner stranded on Bernard's Wharf.
Adelaide 26/07/1860 A Schooner lost off Walney Light.
Ada 12/10/1860 A Yacht stranded on Salthouse Bank.
Thermont 20/10/1860 A Barque. Lost her anchors in a WNW gale and stranded on Bernard's Wharf.
Vermont 20/10/1860 A Barque lost 3m off Fleetwood.
William Henry 1861 A Schooner lost at South Shore.
Lyra 13/02/1861 Paddle Steamer lost on Oyster Bank, Shell Rock.
Britannia 02/11/1861 Wooden Sloop lost near North Wharf in force 10 winds. ll crew lost.
Euxine 12/11/1861 A Brig stranded on Salthouse Bank in force 9 winds.
Robert 18/07/1862 Smack, lost with all hands 8m WNW of Fleetwood in a force 8 WSW gale.
Commodore 19/07/1862 A Brig on voyage between Falmouth and Trieste. Lost on Horse Bank.
Anne E. Hooper 20/10/1862 Fully rigged vessel stranded on Horse Bank.
Ceres 26/10/1862 Schooner lost on Salthouse Bank
Ada 07/11/1862 A Schooner lost near the Imperial Hotel
Princess Marie jan 1863 Lost on Pilling Sands
Brazil Jan 1863 A Barque lost on Salthouse Bank.
Milford 21/01/1863 A Brigantine lost in Morecambe Bay.
Rubin 21/02/1863 A Barque inbound from the Bay of Fundy, lost on Salthouse Bank.
Waterwitch Nov 1863 A fishing vessel lost on Crusader Bank
Pioneer 29/10/1863 A Smack wrecked on Bernard's Wharf.
Lillies Nov. 1863 A Smack wrecked south of Bernard's Wharf.
Lemnos Nov.1863 A Brig lost near North Pier.
No Name 13/11/1863 A ferry lost in the Wyre.
John 04/12/1863 A Sloop driven onto Crusader Bank in force 11 winds.
Dorka 1864 A Brig inbound to Lancaster. Lost in the River Lune.
St. Michael Sept 1864 A Brig lost on Horse Bank.
Content 28/11/1864 A Brigantine lost in the River Ribble.
Betsy 05/01/1865 Lost on the west side of Bernard's Wharf.
Bethea 10/03/1865 A Brig sailing for Cardiff. Stranded and lost on 2 Fathom Bank in force 8 winds.
Glenkins 08/09/1865 A Schooner lost on Walney in force 9 winds.
Favourite 22/11/1865 A Brig stranded and lost of Blackpool pier in force 10 winds. All hands lost.
Prudhoe January 1866 A Barque lost on the Lancashire coast.
Brother 10/11/1866 A Schooner lost on the SE point of Walney in force 9 winds.
Richard 27/12/1866 A Schooner wrecked on Trunkhill Bank.
Susan L Campbell 11/04/1867 Stranded on Salthouse Bank.
Clyde 11/04/1867 A Schooner stranded near Blackpool in WNW gale.
Mary Anne 27/10/1867 A Brig lost on Duddon Spit in a force 10 SW gale.
Coniston 20/07/1868 A steamship, sunk off Southport after a boiler explosion.
Theodoris 30/10/1868 A Schooner stranded on Salthouse Bank.
Charles Brunel January 1869 A Barque lost near North Wharf.
Sprightly 22/04/1870 A Sloop lost on Crusader Bank in heavy seas.
Active July 1870 A fishing vessel wrecked on Crusader Bank.
Alice 16/10/1870 A schooner on voyage from Millom to the Mersey. Stranded on Walney.
Emily 22/07/1871 A Sloop racing from Preston. Lost in the Ribble Estuary.
Unidentified 04/04/1872 A Schooner lost on Salthouse Bank.
Emma 05/12/1872 A Brigantine sailing between Whitehaven and Ramsey. Lost near Southport in force 9 SSW winds.
Leran 20/10/1873 Wrecked near Blackpool in a NW gale.
Eskham 13/02/1874 Outbound from Liverpool. Lost 2m west of Fleetwood in a force 7 SSW gale.
Adgillus 21/10/1874 A Barque foundered 18m NW Morecambe Bay lightship in a force 10 westerly gale.
Annie Reed 1875 Lost on Shell Bank.
W. K. Chapman 28/09/1875 Stranded at Rossall Point.
Jane 05/05/1877 Steamship, foundered in the Ribble in force 5 winds after burning out.
Pembrokeshire Lass 28/05/1877 A Brig inbound for Liverpool. Stranded on Ted's Bank in a force 6 SW wind.
Mary Ann 14/10/1877 A Barque inbound to Glasson from Miramichi. Lost on Sunderland Shoulder.
Angier H. Curtis 12/11/1877 A Brig on voyage between Wiscasset and Barrow. Lost on Walney.
Zion Hill 07/12/1877 A Schooner inbound to Lancaster from London. Stranded and lost on King's Scar.
Utility January 1878 A Schooner wrecked on Pilling Sands. One crewman dead.
Mary McSweeney 31/08/1878 A Brigantine outbound from Belfast for Barrow. Stranded on Walney.
Charles Chaloner 18/09/1878 A Barque inbound to Fleetwood from Quebec. Stranded on Bernard's Wharf in a force 8 NW gale.
Elizabeth Ellen Fisher 04/09/1879 A Schooner stranded on Bernard Wharf.
Thomas Dugdale 16/12/1879 A Steamship caught by the tide and wrecked in the Wyre Channel.
Urania 10/01/1880 A Steamship. Foundered off Barrow.
Bessie Jones 26/02/1880 A Schooner stranded on Salthouse Bank.
Ada 09/11/1880 A Brig on voyage between Dublin and Maryport. Stranded near Cleveleys in a force 7 westerley.
Venus February 1882 A Swedish Barque foundered off Fleetwood.
Aldegrunde February 1882 A Norwegian Barque outbound from Liverpool for Nova Scotia. Stranded at Rossall Point.
Brothers 19/07/1882 A Schooner which foundered off Walney following a collision.
Arethusa 21/08/1882 A Barque sailing from Liverpool for Quebec. Foundered off Uncle Tom's Cabin.
Agnes 08/09/1882 A Sloop sailing for Wigtownshire. Stranded on Walney.
Adele Grunde 21/08/1883 A Norwegian Barque sailing for Halifax. Driven onto North Wharf in a force 6 westerley.
Mercury 10/05/1883 A Steamer parted her moorings in a force 6 and stranded at Blackpool.
China 04/09/1883 A Norwegian Barque driven onto Walney in force 9 winds.
Thornton 26/09/1883 A Schooner stranded and lost in the Wyre in force 9 SSW winds.
Mermaid 13/12/1883 Inbound from Quebec, this Barque stranded on Salthouse Bank in a force 9.
Margaret 23/01/1884 A Yawl carrying dynamite to Whitehaven. She struck Piel Pier in a force 9.
Clarence 27/01/1884 A Steamer stranded on Walney in a force 9.
Nereus 28/01/1884 A Barque sailing for Queensland. Lost off Ainsdale.
St. Lawrence 20/03/1884 A Barque inbound for Fleetwood stranded on Shell Wharf.