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What is recorded here

Beatrice Annie was an eight-ton wooden sailing yawl owned by F. Harris of Flat Holm. While returning from the island to her Cardiff moorings in a force-nine gale, she collided with a lighter and foundered on West Mud. The 1891 wreck return does not give a casualty outcome, and physical remains have not been confirmed at the mapped point.

The vessel and voyage

Beatrice Annie was a very small wooden sailing yawl of eight net tons. F. Harris of Flat Holm owned her, and she was making the short return passage from the island to her normal moorings at Cardiff.

How it was lost

A south-southeasterly force-nine gale caught the yawl as she crossed towards Cardiff. She collided with a lighter and then foundered on West Mud, a chain in which severe weather and traffic both contributed to the loss.

Deaths and survival

The official account cites the 1891 Board of Trade return but does not state how many people were aboard, killed or rescued. No human total is added because a small working boat should not be assumed empty or fully saved without evidence.

What remains

Archaeological remains are not confirmed at the marked place, though pieces may survive nearby. This is therefore a documented loss point rather than a surveyed hull, and currents and mud may have moved or buried small wooden remains.

Why it mattered

The wreck makes the danger of the short Flat Holm to Cardiff crossing specific. A tiny local craft met a major gale and another vessel close to home, showing that distance alone did not make a routine harbour passage safe.