Belfast was a wooden sailing vessel under master Ritson, travelling from Liverpool to Limerick in November 1795. Lloyd's List reported her ashore in Caernarfon Bay and feared she would be lost, but the brief item does not prove her final destruction or give the crew's fate. The broad bay point records the report, not…
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Belfast was a wooden sailing vessel under master Ritson, travelling from Liverpool to Limerick in November 1795. Lloyd's List reported her ashore in Caernarfon Bay and feared she would be lost, but the brief item does not prove her final destruction or give the crew's fate. The broad bay point records the report, not confirmed wreckage.
The vessel and voyage
Belfast was a wooden sailing vessel commanded by a master named Ritson. She was making the Irish Sea passage from Liverpool to Limerick in early November 1795, with cargo and crew total not stated.
How it was lost
Lloyd's List reported on 13 November that Belfast was onshore in Caernarfon Bay and it was feared she would be lost. That wording records a vessel in grave danger, not a later confirmed account of breakup or sinking.
Deaths and survival
No crew number, deaths or rescue is given. Because the report was written while the outcome was still feared, both the people's fate and the vessel's final condition should remain unknown.
What remains
The marker is assigned broadly to Caernarfon Bay pending better evidence. No archaeological remains are confirmed, and this event must stay separate from the other Belfast lost near the Mersey in 1799.
Why it mattered
The record captures news in progress: a ship ashore and expected to be lost, before the final answer arrived. Keeping that wording honest reveals how shipping intelligence travelled and where its gaps remain.
Sources for this account
Sources checked 2026-08-15.
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