1777 |
Ruby |
Inbound
from Jamaica, lost on Walney Island. |
1790 |
Alexander |
Lost
at Walney Island. |
1802 |
Thomas & Jane |
Sloop from Beaumaris was lost off Walney, carrying
slate. All of the crew were saved. |
1806 |
Sally |
Maryport
sailing vessel. Lost on Walney. Crew saved. |
1806 |
Fame |
Dublin
to the Duddon Estuary. Lost on Walney. |
1817 |
Walton |
Inbound
from Archangel to Liverpool. Lost on Walney |
1822 |
Fame |
Liverpool
to Sunderland. Driven ashore at Walney |
1822
/ 1823 |
Name
not known |
Lost
off Walney. On voyage from Ireland. |
1823 |
Ellen |
Carlisle
to Liverpool. On rocks off Walney |
1825 |
Aurora |
A
30 ton sloop sailing from Lancaster to Preston. Lost on Walney with the
loss of her crew |
1825 |
Susan |
A
brig sailing for Whitehaven. Lost with all crew on the western side of
Walney |
1839 |
Tiffin |
Lost
at Walney after sailing from Whitehaven |
1839 |
Whitehaven |
Lost
on Moat Bank, Walney |
1839 |
Tejor |
A
Brigantine bound for Liverpool. Driven onto Walney in a gale |
1841 |
Earl
of Selkirk |
Inbound
to Preston from Whitehaven. Lost at Walney |
1841 |
Arcturus |
A
Brig wrecked on Walney on voyage to Preston |
1843 |
Lady
Eleanor Rodgers |
A
Smack wrecked on Walney |
1852 |
Earl
of Glasgow |
A
Smack on voyage to Mulroy. Wrecked on Walney |
1853 |
Vigo |
A
schooner lost in bad weather on Walney |
1854 |
Duke
of York |
A
Barque making for Madras from Greenock. Struck the North & South rocks
at Walney. Some crew lost |
1854 |
Doy |
A
Barque making for Greenock. Lost on Walney |
1859 |
Elfin |
A
schooner foundered near Walney Light |
1860 |
Adelaide |
A
Schooner lost off Walney Light |
1865 |
Glenkins |
A
Schooner lost on Walney in force 9 winds |
1866 |
Brother |
A
Schooner lost on the SE point of Walney in force 9 winds |
1870 |
Alice |
A
schooner on voyage from Millom to the Mersey. Stranded on Walney |
1877 |
Angier
H. Curtis |
A
Brig on voyage between Wiscasset and Barrow. Lost on Walney |
1878 |
Mary
McSweeney |
A
Brigantine outbound from Belfast for Barrow. Stranded on Walney |
1882 |
Brothers |
A
Schooner which foundered off Walney following a collision |
1882 |
Agnes |
A
Sloop sailing for Wigtownshire. Stranded on Walney |
1883 |
China |
A
Norwegian Barque driven onto Walney in force 9 winds |
1884 |
Clarence |
A
Steamer stranded on Walney in a force 9 |
1884 |
Depositor |
A
Fully Rigged Ship sailing between Barrow and South West Pass. Wrecked on
Walney in a force 10 |
1890 |
Breeze |
A
Smack which broke from her moorings and was lost in Walney Channel in a
force 10 N wind |
1895 |
Star |
A
Yacht sank at her moorings in Walney Channel after a collision |
1897 |
Catherina |
Force
10 winds drove this Smack ashore at Walney |
1897 |
Innisfail |
A
Lugger which foundered near Seldom Seen Buoy, near Walney |
1900 |
Ada |
A
Smack foundered in Walney Channel |
1900 |
Cock
of The North |
A
Smack lost near Walney in force 9 winds. Built as a yacht (for racing) by
J Crossfield at the Church Hill shed at Arnside for J Jackson, farmer of
North Scale. She was wrecked when the Jackson's were sailing her back to
Walney having collected her from Arnside.
Ploughboy was later built to
replace her, but had the Crossfields do the delivery trip. |
1902 |
Fairy
Queen |
A
Yacht which sank in Walney Channel after a collision |
1904 |
Huntress |
A
Brigantine which damaged her rudder and was grounded on Walney in a force
8 storm |
1910 |
Dorothea |
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1914 |
Vedra |
Carrying Benzene she ran aground on 7th Dec and
exploded on the 8th Dec, with loss of 31 lives and only one survivor |
1918 |
Limesfield |
A
Steamship sunk by UB-57 23m WNW of Walney |
1918 |
Marie
Edmond |
A
Smack lost on Walney |
1920 |
Arlette |
A
Yawl lost on Walney |
1946 |
Anastasi |
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2006 |
Irmgard |
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