Robert Seymour wreck 1881


Wicklow owned wooden schooner built Douglas 1839
Cargo bar iron and coal from Liverpool to Wicklow
Net tonnage 49; Captain L. Cullen
Aground East Hoyle Bank, crew all saved, 16 May 1881.
Wreckage dispersed by MDHB.
Position 53°25.715N, 3°13.163W. Charted depth 0.8m.

Flintshire Observer 20 May 1881:

Mostyn:

THE GALE. The strong gale which prevailed in this district on Sunday continued throughout the night and Monday morning, and a very large number of vessels sought an anchorage in the Wild Roads. The spring tide on Monday rose to a great height in the Dee, and the heavy waves beating on the sea wall at Mostyn covered the railway line with spray and completely bathed the railway trains passing on the up line.

A schooner is reported to have gone ashore on Sunday and to have sunk during the night on the East Hoyle Bank. Nothing was mentioned as to her crew, but it is supposed that they are all saved. Her name could not be ascertained, but her masts were to be seen above the water.

More newspaper reports:
 The schooner Robert Seymour, with a cargo of bar iron, coal, etc., was driven ashore on Sunday on the East Hoyle Bank. At an early hour yesterday morning [Monday 16 May] it was seen that her position had been altered as she had been driven over the bank, and that she had filled with water and sunk (at a position known as No. 75 per chart) on what is known as the East Hoyle Bank. The crew were saved by the Hoylake lifeboat.

Survey of seabed (copyright Chris Michael):

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