Journeys from Amlwch

Date Vessel Details
1789 (Jul-Dec) Amlwch  Capt Rowland Owen, Six loads of copper to Liverpool 70 tons in each load. Four  Uxbridge and 2 for Hughes. She also brought coal and cast iron plates from Swansea and Cardiff to Amlwch and took 20 barrels of white salted herrings to Liverpool
1789 (Jul-Dec) Uxbridge Capt Robert Roberts,60tons & 3*100 ore to Liverpool for Parys Mine returning with coal.
1789 (Jul-Dec) Portland 3*Mona mine & 5* Parys mine ore to Liverpool, bringing back, rum, brandy, iron and coal
1790 Mersey 4*Mona mine & 2* Parys mine each 60 tons to Liverpool
1823 Hero Capt Hugh Evans sailed from Thames with old iron for the pits. In1825 she took coal from Flint to Amlwch and then ore to Swansea.
1828 Cilgwyn One of 16 vessels which made a total of 54 trips to Swansea in 9 months carrying a total of 4587 tons worth £11873/17/6.
     


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For more detailed information:-

Ships and seamen of Anglesey:-Aled Eames
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Datblygiad a dirywiad porthladd Amlwch 1793-1914 Eryl Wyn Rowlands
Trafdion Cymdeithas Hynafiethwyr a Natutiethwyr Mon 1979.

A curious place by Bryan Hope
The Industrial History of Amlwch 1550 - 1950
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