Wooden barque Villa de Rivadeo, built circa 1855,
351 tons burthen, Captain Conde, registered Spain.
Voyage Havana to Liverpool (called at Falmouth) with sugar, 15 crew
25 October 1859 in NE wind of force 12, driven ashore at Porth Colmon (Llŷn)
One person lost.
The barque's name was Villa de Rivadeo - town of Rivadeo [now Ribadeo] - so some reports gave her name as Villa, assuming Rivadeo was her port of registry. But a Spanish ship would not be called just Villa - just as a British ship would not be called Town.
From Gore's Liverpool General Advertiser - Thursday 21 October 1858
For MATANZAS, Direct, The fine Spanish Barque - VILLA DE RIVADEO,
Captain Conde: Burthen 351 tons, classed 3 T in Veritas now loading in Victoria
Dock - Apply to J T Nickels [Matanzas is east of Havana in Cuba]
From Lloyd's List - Friday 28 October 1859
PORTH COLMOND [sic], 26 Oct. The barque, with sugar,
which drove ashore on the rocks here this morning, was the VILLA DE
RIVADEO, Conde, from Havana to Liverpool: vessel and cargo totally
lost; 1 man drowned. [Rivadeo, now spelled Ribadeo, is a port on the north coast of Spain]
Other reports: She had arrived in Falmouth from Havana on 17th October and then left
on 19th October for Liverpool.
BoT wreck report: 25 October 1859: Villa[sic], 4 years old, barque, 441 tons, 15 crew, cargo sugar, stranded then totally wrecked, 1 life lost, in wind NE 12 at Porthcolmond
From North Wales Chronicle Sat Oct 29 1859
PORTINLLAEN: A Spanish barque, Vella[sic], Capt. Tora Maria Conde, from
Havanna, laden with sugar, went on shore near Porth-colmon - the crew,
19 [sic] in number, were all saved excepting one.
The principal coast-officer at
Portinllaen is busy in attendance in setting people to save all they
can from the Spanish barque, as she is a total wreck, and her cargo
sharing the same fate.
CARNARVON: A Spanish barque, from Savannah[sic], for
Liverpool, laden with sugar, is become a total wreck, we understand,
at Porth-Colman in Carnarvon Bay. Fourteen hands saved, and one man
drowned.
Reports from the rhiw.com
web-site give position of wreck as on the rocks Cerrig y Defaid
near Llangwnnadl [this village is inland of Porth Colmon; Carreg
y Defaid is at 52°52.59N, 4°41.12W, pictured
here].
One boy who saw this, reported: We
children would not dare go near it because the crew on board were some
kind of half savages, and carrying swords in sheaths on the belts
around their waists.
List of wrecks from October 1859 storm.