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Thanks so much - I am very new to this.  I also only just discovered that the Fleetwing was listed at the beginning of this tread by Nick90.   

Fleetwing: reg. at Wexford 1902. Built at Banff in 1874. 78 ton, 2 mast schooner of 85 feet. Owner: J.J. Stafford, merchant and ship owner. Wrecked Carnarvon Bay 1919.

Left Wexford: 17 Dec 1918
Wrecked:        20 Jan 1919

The other part is that I have Caernarfon Bay not Carnarvon Bay. 

The Wexford Mariners I have were Captain George Murphy (The Faythe), Tim Murphy (Hill St), and First Mate James Carroll.

Thank you very much for your help.

You are 100% correct! I re-verified and they had just PICKED UP 175 Tons of Coal on the Fleetwing!  Thanks for paying attention! :-)

Also I wanted to add, those that recovered, did so in the Caernarfon Bay Hotel, where they were looked after a Mr and Mrs Todd.  There was an investigation and the storm was blamed for their troubles.



Thank-you

Thank you so much for this site.  I believe I found my great-grandfather. :-)

Good Afternoon,

I was very surprised to come across this site.  My grandfather was Captain George Murphy, and my father was John F Murphy both of The Faythe.  Captain George's parents were John & Mary Murphy.

My grandmother's father was so seafaring and his name was Carty.  He was in a tug boat rescue in the middle of the 1800(s). 

Captain George (dob? 1856) and my grandmother Elizabeth (Nellie) Carty (dob 1900) both passed away within a month of each other in early 1940.  Captain George captained 'Mary and Gertude", "Fleetwing" - 1918-1920, "Edith May" and owned "Princess Louise". He also commanded the "Lunesdale" and the "Elaine Anne" to London as a delivery to new owners.  I am very interested in any Martime history of Wexford and am eager to read and share information that I have compiled through time.

Thank you for your insight.