Hello All
Finally on the Topic of Lundy island treasures. there must be a mention of the amount of shipwrecks along the small rocky island. There have been countless wrecks recorded around the area. It can be appreciated that for the many hundreds of years of maritime activity before such records exist, the island was a considerable and effective hazard, and the true number of losses will never be known.
ALARM 1877 12 Aug Lundy Island Watts, W.
ALBION 1869 20 Mar Lundy Island unknown
ALERT 1861 08 Oct Lundy Island Williams
ANN 1848 02 Feb Lundy Island Richards
ANT 1897 14 Jul Lundy Island unknown
ARCHELAUS 1849 07 Nov Lundy Island Boutelle
ARIEL 1853 30 Apr Lundy Island Warren
ASHDALE 1890 10 Sep Lundy Island Brown, J.
ASTERIAS 1870 21 May Lundy Island unknown
AVON 1855 15 May Lundy Island Moore, W.
BELINDA 1869 06 Apr Lundy Island Randell, Joseph
BEN McCREE 1862 03 Nov Lundy Island unknown
BOSWEDEN 1886 15 Oct Lundy Island Boyns, R.
BRENDA 1871 14 Feb Lundy Island unknown
BROTHERS 1866 27 Nov Lundy Island Abbott, Thomas
BURNSWARK 1882 13 Dec Lundy Island Luke, Wm. Henry
BUSY 1859 25 Oct Lundy Island unknown
CAROLINE 1868 19 Feb Lundy Island King, Wm. T.
CATHERINE HENDRY 1898 25 Mar Lundy Island Jones, E.
CHARLES 1858 13 Mar Lundy Island unknown
CHESAPEAKE 1862 58 Jun Lundy Island unknown
CHOICE 1856 20 Apr Lundy Island Williams
COILA 1895 14 May Lundy Island Court, A.
COLUMBO 1867 27 Oct Lundy Island unknown
CONCORD 1810 20 Nov Lundy Island unknown
CORNWALL 1871 19 Mar Lundy Island Jones, Jenkin
COUNTESS BECTIVE 1850 29 Apr Lundy Island Davies
CRESCENT 1842 27 Jun Lundy Island Paine, J.
DIAMOND 1897 03 Mar Lundy Island Buley, H
DILIGENT 1859 01 Nov Lundy Island unknown
DYFED 1897 22 Jan Lundy Island Harwood, G.
EARL OF JERSEY 1898 28 Nov Lundy Island Halbert, W.
EAST ANGLIAN 1868 14 Jan Lundy Island Demsey, Edwa
ELECTRIC 1888 08 May Lundy Island Thomas, R.
ELIZA 1852 14 Jan Lundy Island Tucker, James
ELIZA 1869 30 Dec Lundy Island Edwards, David
ELIZA 1873 27 Mar Lundy Island unknown
ELLEN 1864 17 Nov Lundy Island unknown
ESTRELLA DE MAR 1811 Lundy Island unknown
ETHEL 1877 06 Feb Lundy Island Reeves
EUZA JONES 1889 16 Dec Lundy Island Williams, T.
FAME 1822 07 Feb Lundy Island unknown
FANNY 1874 05 Oct Lundy Island Guard, William
FRANCIS ANNE 1829 21 Mar Lundy Island Grandy, E.
GERTRUDE 1872 07 May Lundy Island unknown
HANNAH MORE 1866 10 Jan Lundy Island Haughton
HERMINA 1869 30 Jan Lundy Island unknown
HEROINE 1882 13 Dec Lundy Island unknown
HIGHGATE 1890 19 Feb Lundy Island Lewer, H. C.
HIRONDELLE 1885 20 Mar Lundy Island Cove, H. P.
HOPE 1855 31 May Lundy Island unknown
HORNET 1884 27 Jan Lundy Island Tomun, J.
I O 1827 25 Apr Lundy Island de Gallis, J.
INFANTA 1898 19 May Lundy Island Lesslie, J.
INVERSNAID 1886 16 Oct Lundy Island Dodds, J.
IONA II 1864 02 Jan Lundy Island unknown
ISMYR 1893 01 Dec Lundy Island Smith, F.
JAMES 1862 19 Mar Lundy Island Chellew
JANE 1860 08 Jun Lundy Island unknown
JOSEPH F VOTSAM 1855 14 May Lundy Island unknown
JUANITA 1886 17 Oct Lundy Island unknown
JULIA 1868 01 Nov Lundy Island Steel
KELDHEAD 1873 28 Apr Lundy Island Davies, E.
LAMB 1820 20 Jan Lundy Island unknown
LEDA 1872 28 Feb Lundy Island Tascon, A. M.
LEWIS CHARLES 1861 09 Feb Lundy Island unknown
LOIRE 1856 Lundy Island unknown
LOUISA 1850 18 Feb Lundy Island unknown
MARCO POLO 1881 20 Dec Lundy Island Falvey, J.
MARGARET 1869 22 Apr Lundy Island Kendall, William
MARIE 1757 19 Sep Lundy Island unknown
MARIE COLLIER 1895 09 Sep Lundy Island unknown
MARINER 1842 19 Mar Lundy Island unknown
MARY 1870 16 Dec Lundy Island unknown
MARY ANN 1842 02 Feb Lundy Island Day, John
MARY ANN 1873 27 Apr Lundy Island unknown
MARY ANNE 1876 13 Aug Lundy Island unknown
MATILDA 1864 04 Apr Lundy Island Pincheon, Wm. Glen.
MILLICENT 1897 01 Apr Lundy Island Hoskin, T.
MORRISON 1823 Lundy Island unknown
MYRTLE TREE 1800 14 Jan Lundy Island unknown
NANCY & BETTY 1793 19 Feb Lundy Island Phillips
NAUTILUS 1868 01/09 Lundy Island unknown
NEW HOUSE 1872 05/04 Lundy Island unknown
NEW PROSPEROUS 1888 14 Feb Lundy Island unknown
OLIVE BRANCH 1866 23 Mar Lundy Island Alsop, J.
ORANGE BRANCH 1852 23 Jul Lundy Island Balmano
PALLION 1873 05 Nov Lundy Island unknown
PANAJA ELEUSA 1851 22 Oct Lundy Island unknown
PEACE 1859 02 Nov Lundy Island unknown
PEER OF THE REALM 1885 12 Feb Lundy Island Knowles, Edwin
PLYMOUTH 1859 29 Aug Lundy Island Manning, J.
PROVIDENCE 1874 07 Jun Lundy Island unknown
RACER 1861 13 Nov Lundy Island unknown
RAJAH 1896 09 Dec Lundy Island Bellman, J.
RALPH CREYKE 1879 20 Feb Lundy Island Ellwood
RAPID 1835 21 Aug Lundy Island unknown
RATTLER 1880 09 Dec Lundy Island Rundle, C. O.
ROVER 1897 31 Aug Lundy Island Grant, W.
SALDO 1897 21 Mar Lundy Island Rainnie, J. M.
SANDWICH BAY 1865 29 Apr Lundy Island Salisbury
SOVEREIGN 1890 19 Feb Lundy Island Putnam, W.
SPITFIRE 1899 17 Apr Lundy Island Blackman, S
SUSANNA 1768 04 Sep Lundy Island Wallis
SVODOHY 1883 06 Dec Lundy Island Geogara, N.
SWIFT 1868 08 Oct Lundy Island Carlisle, George
SWIFT 1877 17 Oct Lundy Island Guy, G.
TASFIELD 1891 22 Nov Lundy Island unknown
TRELISSICK 1868 24 Apr Lundy Island unknown
TRIDENT 1858 09 Apr Lundy Island Davey
TUNISIE 1892 19 Feb Lundy Island Rochet, J. R.
UNITY 1819 01 May Lundy Island unknown
UNITY 1833 12 Jan Lundy Island unknown
VALENTINE 1861 23 May Lundy Island Williams
VALIANT 1849 02 Feb Lundy Island Cogar, William
WESLEYANA 1856 18 Jan Lundy Island unknown
WESTWARD 1898 09 Jan Lundy Island Nicholas, W.
WILLIAM 1868 07 Nov Lundy Island unknown
WIZARD 1852 13 Jan Lundy Island Guille
WYE 1796 ?? Dec Lundy Island unknown
ZENITH 1896 19 Mar Lundy Island Locolly, J. B.
I am beginning to understand why there is was 3 light houses on Lundy
One treasure ship was the Jenny, lost in the cove halfway up the west side that now bears her name. She was carrying a precious cargo of Ivory and Gold dust, evidence of which still turns up from time to time.
Interesting enough there is Estella Der Mar in 1811 was involved in Piracy in Peru where a large quantity of silver was hijacked from Pisco Peru. Was this treasure lost off Lundy island?
Lundy with its pirate treasures and shipwrecks will always continue to fascinate those who who love the history behind shipwrecks and treasure.
Hardluck
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