The Corby Castle was a 45nt wooden schooner built in 1848 and registered at Beaumaris. At time of loss on 17 March 1903, the vessel was owned by T Morgan & Co, Amlwch and was approaching the Dee Estuary to load coal under the command of master W Williams. The schooner foundered off the Point of Ayr.
Newspaper reports:
DISASTER TO A BEAUMARIS BOAT. TWO OF THE CREW DROWNED. On Monday, the
schooner "Corby Castle," of Beaumaris, which was proceeding to load coal at
the Point of Ayr Colliery, sank there, owing to springing a leak. The
captain was rescued by the tugboat "Dove" in a very exhausted, state, but two
of the crew, who came from Amlwch, were drowned.
BRAVERY RECOGNISED. Mr. Samuel Smith, clerk to the Dee Conservancy
Board, has informed the members of the Board that the Board of Trade have
recognised the gallantry of the Dee pilot, David Price (No. 2) and Apprentice
Joseph Hewitt, in effecting, from the pilot boat Lavinia Smith, the rescue of
the captain of the schooner Corby Castle, which foundered during a gale near
the Point of Air on March 16th, with the less of two lives. The Board of
Trade have granted the pilot and apprentice a special medal and £2 each. It
has been arranged by the Pilotage Committee of the Conservancy Board that the
medals shall be presented by the chairman of the Board (Mr. John Thompson) in
public at the Drill Hall, Connah's Quay.