Bee

Wreck

What is recorded here

Bee was a wooden sailing vessel outward from Liverpool to Demerara under master Jones when she drove ashore on Hoyle Bank on 10 November 1825. She broke up on the first tide and her cargo washed out widely. The crew's fate is not given, and the broad West Hoyle Bank marker is documentary rather than a confirmed wreck…

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The vessel and voyage

Bee was a wooden sailing vessel commanded by a master named Jones. She had left Liverpool for Demerara, carrying cargo on a long Atlantic trading voyage before meeting trouble just beyond the Mersey.

How it was lost

She drove ashore on Hoyle Bank on 10 November 1825. Lloyd's List reported that the vessel broke up on the first tide and cargo washed away in all directions, showing how quickly the bank and sea destroyed her.

Deaths and survival

The two cited reports do not state how many people were aboard, killed or rescued. The human outcome remains unknown; the absence of a death sentence in the short report is not proof that everyone survived.

What remains

The point is assigned broadly to West Hoyle Bank until better information appears. No hull or identifying find is confirmed, and immediate breakup plus dispersal of cargo makes a compact surviving wreck especially unlikely.

Why it mattered

Bee shows the danger at the start of an ocean voyage: a ship could leave Liverpool for South America and be destroyed on the nearby banks before reaching open sea. The scattered cargo also hints at shoreline recovery and loss.