Thanks for the great response I have just had a lesson in geography thanks Piers I finally found Kilcatherine a few miles above Ballydonagan and at the opposite side of the Beara Peninsula we have the largest town in the area Castletown or Castletownbere. So this puts us in West Cork and not Cornwall after all. I have this one listed on my website already but new information surfaced a few days ago to suggest she left Hayle on the 15th and foundered on the 16th my first guess was that she was still on the south coast of England after one day sailing so my search started in Cornwall. Now that I have found Kilcatherine which is where the News Papers reported wreckage ashore I think that's evidence enough for me. I think the 16th is probably a guess by the Shipping Master at Hayle as there were no survivors. How far could she travel in a day ? The distance is about 200 nautical miles, on the 15th and 16th the wind was East South East so sailing at about 8 knots she could get there in a day or a day and a half. From the 15th to the 20th of March I have 14 other vessels lost on the coast of Cork as a result of an S / E Atlantic Gale which she most likely got caught up in and sealed her fate. The detail is very important for me, while the Wreck may have been reported bodies coming ashore in later weeks would not always hit the head lines, they would have be buried by the Coast Guard or Lloyds Agent . There are countless grave stones to known and unknown sailors around the coasts of Britain and Ireland and the detail we tease out may help some one find the burial site of a lost ancestor . Thanks for all the Help. Mick www.irishshipwrecks.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mick" <mick@irishshipwrecks.com> To: "Mariners List" <mariners@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, October 24, 2011 12:53 AM Subject: [MAR] Schooner Pencalenick "Castleton" > Hi Listers > I am researching a vessel which was lost on the 16th of March 1867, Having > left Hayle, Cornwall on the 15th, > I have a report which says stern board washed ashore at Castleton. > Checked Google Maps, checked the sea charts can't find find it, Where the > heck is "Castleton". > It has to be one day sail from Hayle ? . > > The Schooner Pencalenick O.N 13414 was listed in the Board of Trade Wreck > Returns as lost near Kil Catherine or Kilcatherine, Ballydonegan Co Cork > with the loss of her crew in March 1867. Other evidence says she was lost > closer to home. > > According to the Port of Hayle "Account of Voyages and Crew of Home Trade > Ship, To Be Delivered Half-Yearly to the Shipping Master at the Above > Port": > the Pencalenick was lost on March 16th, 1867 during a heavy gale. Her > stern > board was picked up at Castleton. > > Mick > > www.irishshipwrecks.com > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MARINERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message