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“The Rothesay Castle steamboat on her homeward passage from Inverary with 50 to 90 people on board struck on a sunk rock…and immediately filled with water. Most fortunately a number of fishing boats were in the vicinity of her at the time, and about 30 of them having got promptly alongside, rescued the passengers from their perilous situation. One of them in the confusion swamped, but those on board were safely extricated.” -The Caledonian Mercury Saturday, July 13th, 1816. The Rothsay Castle was refloated and continued her career but the next time she was not so lucky.
Ship Name: Rothsay Castle
Built: Around 1812, date uncertain
Nationality: United Kingdom
Tonnage: Placed between 75 and 110 tons due to being rebuilt
Ship Type: Wooden Side Paddle Steam Ship
Year Wrecked: 1831
Location Wrecked: Dutchman Bank near Beaumaris Wales
Reason For Wreck: Wrecked in a storm, poor condition
Lives Lost: Estimated to be around 150
Sources:
https://www.google.com/books/edition/Affecting_Narrative_Loss_of_the_Rothsay/cCXz5U15MHYC?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=llewellyn
https://books.google.com/books?id=CRJhAAAAcAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=Rothsay+Castle+shipwreck+1831&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiI1tOlw_P_AhWDkokEHeZ_Ct84ChDoAXoECAkQAg#v=onepage&q&f=false
https://books.google.com/books?id=nA5BAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA434&dq=Rothsay+Castle+shipwreck+1831&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiI1tOlw_P_AhWDkokEHeZ_Ct84ChDoAXoECAUQAg#v=onepage&q=Rothsay%20Castle%20shipwreck%201831&f=false
https://www.google.com/books/edition/Benjamin_Robert_Haydon_Correspondence_an/DKQZAAAAYAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=llewellyn
http://iapsop.com/ssoc/1831__morrison___loss_of_the_rothsay_castle.pdf
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.$b259008&view=1up&seq=325&q1=prince
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/2204474
https://www.google.com/books/edition/A_narrative_of_the_dreadful_wreck_of_the/gkk0mdewScIC?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=llewelyn
https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/~cmi/books/earlySS/earlySS.html
https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/~cmi/books/earlySS/rothsay_ct.html
https://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/5904569.the-shipwreck-that-numbed-a-whole-town/
https://blog.library.wales/a-helpless-ruin-on-the-shores-of-anglesea-the-royal-charter-and-the-rothsay-castle-shipwrecks/
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By Shipwreck Archives“The Rothesay Castle steamboat on her homeward passage from Inverary with 50 to 90 people on board struck on a sunk rock…and immediately filled with water. Most fortunately a number of fishing boats were in the vicinity of her at the time, and about 30 of them having got promptly alongside, rescued the passengers from their perilous situation. One of them in the confusion swamped, but those on board were safely extricated.” -The Caledonian Mercury Saturday, July 13th, 1816. The Rothsay Castle was refloated and continued her career but the next time she was not so lucky.
Ship Name: Rothsay Castle
Built: Around 1812, date uncertain
Nationality: United Kingdom
Tonnage: Placed between 75 and 110 tons due to being rebuilt
Ship Type: Wooden Side Paddle Steam Ship
Year Wrecked: 1831
Location Wrecked: Dutchman Bank near Beaumaris Wales
Reason For Wreck: Wrecked in a storm, poor condition
Lives Lost: Estimated to be around 150
Sources:
https://www.google.com/books/edition/Affecting_Narrative_Loss_of_the_Rothsay/cCXz5U15MHYC?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=llewellyn
https://books.google.com/books?id=CRJhAAAAcAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=Rothsay+Castle+shipwreck+1831&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiI1tOlw_P_AhWDkokEHeZ_Ct84ChDoAXoECAkQAg#v=onepage&q&f=false
https://books.google.com/books?id=nA5BAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA434&dq=Rothsay+Castle+shipwreck+1831&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiI1tOlw_P_AhWDkokEHeZ_Ct84ChDoAXoECAUQAg#v=onepage&q=Rothsay%20Castle%20shipwreck%201831&f=false
https://www.google.com/books/edition/Benjamin_Robert_Haydon_Correspondence_an/DKQZAAAAYAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=llewellyn
http://iapsop.com/ssoc/1831__morrison___loss_of_the_rothsay_castle.pdf
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.$b259008&view=1up&seq=325&q1=prince
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/2204474
https://www.google.com/books/edition/A_narrative_of_the_dreadful_wreck_of_the/gkk0mdewScIC?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=llewelyn
https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/~cmi/books/earlySS/earlySS.html
https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/~cmi/books/earlySS/rothsay_ct.html
https://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/5904569.the-shipwreck-that-numbed-a-whole-town/
https://blog.library.wales/a-helpless-ruin-on-the-shores-of-anglesea-the-royal-charter-and-the-rothsay-castle-shipwrecks/