3/4/1812. The 57-ton Glasgow sloop  'Lady Charlotte', sailing from Spain to Bristol, was well off course when it was wrecked on Bardsey Island. Part of the cargo of wool, nuts and wine was saved.

20/11/1819 All hands were lost when the sloop ''Margaret' was wrecked near the Bardsey Lighthouse.

16/12/1819 A Scots sloop was wrecked on Bardsey, the crew being saved.

20/9/1820 The sloop 'Active' hit the coast, either on or close to Bardsey Island, while sailing from Waterford to Liverpool.

21/9/1820 The 91-ton brig 'British Queen' sprang a leak and sank two miles south-west of Bardsey Island with it's cargo of Caernarfon slate destined for London. Crew saved in own boat.

13/10/1822 An unknown sloop sank half a mile south-east of Bardsey with the loss of all hands.

17/12/1822 In thick fog, the Aberdovey sloop 'Sally' ran onto the rocks on the east side of Bardsey, sinking immediately. The crew escaped, reporting that where they ran into the island 'the cliffs appeared higher than the mast', suggesting they were wrecked north of the slipway

30/12/1822. The tender for the Bardsey Lighthouse was lost, along with all six persons aboard.

2/12/1825. Sailing from Newport to Liverpool with a cargo of iron, the ‘Lively’ was wrecked near Bardsey. Two of the crew were lost.

8/11/1830. The 'Skylark' was en route from Plymouth to Liverpool when it foundered off Bardsey.

7/5/1832. The 'Mary', of Aberystwyth, sank near Bardsey.

6/12/1834. The ship's boat from the Arundel schooner 'Thomas' was washed ashore at the south-west promontory of the Llyn Peninsular. It was presumed that all hands were lost.

25/12/1836. Bardsey Sound claimed the sloop 'Ann'.

1836 - Unknown date. The schooner 'Rhine' was lost in Bardsey Sound while en route from Stockton to London. (If so, why was she here?)

May 1838. The smack ‘Wave’ was presumed to have been lost off Bardsey, as the ship’s boat was picked up off the island.

1849 The Pwllheli sloop 'Mermaid' sank in Bardsey Sound.

8/4/1855 Liverpool ship 'Robert' IN COLLISION OFF BARDSEY -- DID IT SINK ?  Note same day -- Philadelphia steamer 'North Carolina' sank off Bardsey   --  SAME INCIDENT ?

10/9/1858 The 51 net ton schooner 'Gleaston' (or ‘Glaston Miller’) hit a rock in Bardsey sound while transporting coal from Swansea to Ulverston. Presumably this rock was Carreg Ddu or Maen Bugail. The prevailing south-west gale then drove the ship onto the mainland shore, where it sank with the loss of the captain and one crew member. The two remaining crew-members were saved.

11/3/1861 The 34 net ton flat 'Palendar' was heading to it's homeport of Barmouth from Drogheda when it was dismasted in Bardsey Sound. The south-westerly gale drove it onto rocks, where it broke up and sank with the loss of the captain and one sailor. The flat was carrying flour and oatmeal

Carnarvon and Denbigh Herald, March 23rd, 1861 -- BARMOUTH.- Wreck.-The 'Palendar' of this port was lost on the 1lth inst., near Bardsey Sound. She was laden with flour and oats, and on her homeward passage from Drogheda to Barmouth. Capt. Pugh and the mate were of this town, and were lost. A boy was saved. A subscription has been set on foot for the widow of the captain, which is liberally responded to by the inhabitants of Barmouth.

20/3/1862 No lives were lost when a vessel foundered 5 miles north of Bardsey. This was the 'Thames', carrying copper ore from Barrow to Port Talbot.

28/11/1864 The Pwllheli sloop 'Racer' sank in Bardsey Sound.

3/12/1865 The Caernarfon snow 'Jane' was wrecked near Bardsey. 

9/2/1870 The Porthmadog schooner 'Prince of Wales' was wrecked at Bardsey.

12/10/1870 All 12 hands were saved when the Spanish ship 'Baringo' became a total wreck on Bardsey Island. It was carrying a cargo of raisins and muslins.

Lloyd’s List    19/10/1870 The cargo of the 'Baringa', from Liverpool to Havana, which was wrecked on Bardsey Island, 12th October, is floating about the coast.

Lloyd’s List  21/10/1870 The Master and Mate of the 'Barinaea', remaining at Bardsey Island, have saved some tons of goods washed ashore from the wreck.

29/10/1870 Carnarvon & Denbigh Herald -- Late Gales and Wrecks

The 'Baringo', owned by M. Bilbonin, Spain, has become a total wreck on Bardsey Island, but all the hands, twelve in number, were saved. She had a general cargo of dry goods such as muslins, raisons etc. The 'Amity' of Plymouth, Captain Windsor, came into St. Tudwell's Roads on Saturday evening, having lost a boat and received other damage. The 'Nimble' of Whitehaven is supposed, from the fact that it's signboard has come ashore on the coast here, to have sunk between Bardsey Island and Porth Nigwl. 

20/1/1878 Carnarvon & Denbigh Herald  Sat 26/1/1878 A collision took place on Sunday evening, about half past seven pm at Bardsey Bay, SSW 16 miles, between the 3-masted schooner 'Forest Fairy' of Falmouth, Gregory, master, from Liverpool to Cardiff in ballast and the ketch 'Intrepid' of Jersey, Robinson, master, Liverpool to Weybridge in Cornwall, with grain. The wife of the master of the 'Intrepid' was drowned. There does not appear to have been any great effort to save her, more especially by those on board the ketch. She was manned by the father and two sons and one seaman. They all appear to have gone on board the schooner as soon as possible, leaving the old lady to her fate. The boat from the schooner was launched and kept pulling about for an hour but saw nothing. The ketch went down a few minutes after.

28/1/1880 While sailing from Bantry Bay to Liverpool with a cargo of pyrites, the 77 net ton schooner 'Viscata' sank about twelve miles west of Bardsey, the four crew escaping in their own boat. Another report puts the wreck as 10 miles east of Bardsey.

4/3/1881 The 109 ton Porthmadog schooner 'Great Britain' left Portmadoc with a cargo of slates and stone for Plymouth, but encountered severe south-easterly winds and was lost in Bardsey Sound.   

12/9/1882 The brig 'Rowland Evans' sank south-west of Bardsey.

19/10/1885 Pwllheli schooner 'Jane & Eliza' lost.

2/1/1887 The 4-masted ship 'Duke of Connaught' was returning in ballast from Maryport to it's home port of London, when it sank off Bardsey following a collision with the Liverpool steamer 'Dragon'. Fourteen crew were lost and seven saved. 

10/8/1888 The ‘Active’ was lost off Bardsey.

21/3/1897 Two steamers, the 'Amethyst' and the 'Anubis' collided off Bardsey. The Dublin-registered 'Amethyst' sank but the crew were rescued by the other vessel and taken to Liverpool.

Carnarvon and Denbigh Herald 26^th March 1897

Shipping Casualties. The Moss Line steamer ‘Anubis’ which arrived at Liverpool on Monday from Alexandria, reported having been in collision on Sunday with the Dundee steamer ‘Amethyst’ for Barcelona, off Bardsey Island. The weather was very thick at the time. The ‘Amethyst’ was struck by the stem of the ‘Anubis’ which sank shortly afterwards. The crew managed to get on board the ‘Anubis’, though they have lost all their effects. They were brought to Liverpool. The ‘Anubis’ has her stem twisted.

3/11/1898 One crew member was lost when the 99 gross ton, Barrow schooner, 'Alice Bannister' was involved in a collision with the steamer 'Barrowdale'. The schooner sank about 10 miles west of the Bardsey Light, with it's cargo of china clay from Cornwall.

9/12/1899 The 89-ton  'Jane Pringle' was lost off Bardsey.

1900 The Scots sailing vessel 'Leah' was wrecked on the west side of Bardsey.

19/10/1900 Maid of Meirion -- Maen Bugail / wooden dandy / Portmadoc to Larne with roofing slates.   

Lloyd’s List   Portmadoc, Oct 22nd 1900 The 'Maid of Meirion' of Aberystwyth, Portmadoc for Larne with a cargo of slates, went ashore in Bardsey Sound and became a total wreck. Crew saved

25/1/1914 The 100 gross ton 'Harvest Home', a 3-masted schooner hit a rock, sprang a leak, and foundered in Bardsey Sound. The vessel was carrying china clay from Par in Cornwall to Ardrossan. All crew members escaped in their own boat.

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Written by Chris Holden for Rhiw.com