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HER Number:	MDV57601
Name:	Wreck of the Iris off Hartland Point

Summary

Site of the wreck of the Iris off Hartland Point. The Iris, a British cargo schooner, was enroute from Cardiff to Devoran in 1859 with a cargo of coal, when a fire started in the cabin. The fire quickly spread to the whole vessel, which was abandoned and it sank within 20 minutes.

Location

Grid Reference:	SS 22 27
Map Sheet:	SS22NW
Admin Area	Devon
Civil Parish	Unknown
Civil Parish	Hartland
District	Torridge
Ecclesiastical Parish	HARTLAND
Ecclesiastical Parish	OFFSHORE

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

National Monuments Record: SS22NW32
Old DCC SMR Ref: SS22NW/36/13

Monument Type(s) and Dates

WRECK (Burnt and sunk, XIX - 1859 AD to 1859 AD)

Full description

National Monuments Record, SS22NW32 (National Monuments Record Database). SDV337112.

British cargo schooner Iris, burnt off Hartland Point in 1859. Registered in Penzance. On passage from Cardiff to Devoran in coal. Fire started in the cabin and spread to the whole vessel, abandoned and sank in 20 minutes

Board of Trade, 1859, Full Inquiry Report, 55 (Unknown). SDV339962.

Other details: P555 Part 3.

United Kingdom Hydrographic Office, 1973, 1156 (Cartographic). SDV767.

United Kingdom Hydrographic Office, 1974, Admiralty Chart 1164b (Cartographic). SDV769.

United Kingdom Hydrographic Office, 1978, Admiralty Chart 2675 (Cartographic). SDV772.

United Kingdom Hydrographic Office, 1979, 1178 (Cartographic). SDV770.

United Kingdom Hydrographic Office, 1979, Admiralty Chart 1179 (Cartographic). SDV771.

United Kingdom Hydrographic Office, 1980, Admiralty Chart 1123 (Cartographic). SDV766.

Larn, R. + Larn, B., 1995, Shipwreck Index of the British Isles. Isles of Scilly, Cornwall, Devon, Dorset (Monograph). SDV763.

Collings, A. G. + Manning, P. T. + Valentin, J., 2007, The North Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Phase 1. Archaeological Survey. Summary Report, No. 50 (Report - Assessment). SDV339712.

Iris. British cargo schooner, burnt off Hartland Point in 1859. Registered in Penzance. Enroute from Cardiff to Devoran with coal. A fire started in the cabin and spread to the whole vessel. The vessel was abandoned and sank in 20 minutes.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV337112	National Monuments Record Database: National Monuments Record. SS22NW32. National Monuments Record Index. Unknown.


SDV339712	Report - Assessment: Collings, A. G. + Manning, P. T. + Valentin, J.. 2007. The North Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Phase 1. Archaeological Survey. Summary Report. Exeter Archaeology Report. 06.22 (rev.1). A4 Stapled + Digital. No. 50.


SDV339962	Unknown: Board of Trade. 1859. Full Inquiry Report. Wreck Return. Unknown. 55.


SDV763	Monograph: Larn, R. + Larn, B.. 1995. Shipwreck Index of the British Isles. Isles of Scilly, Cornwall, Devon, Dorset. Shipwreck Index of the British Isles. Isles of Scilly, Cornwall, Devon, Dorset. Hardback Volume.


SDV766	Cartographic: United Kingdom Hydrographic Office. 1980. Admiralty Chart 1123. Admiralty Chart. Unknown.


SDV767	Cartographic: United Kingdom Hydrographic Office. 1973. 1156. Admiralty Chart. Unknown.


SDV769	Cartographic: United Kingdom Hydrographic Office. 1974. Admiralty Chart 1164b. Admiralty Chart. Unknown.


SDV770	Cartographic: United Kingdom Hydrographic Office. 1979. 1178. Admiralty Chart. Unknown.


SDV771	Cartographic: United Kingdom Hydrographic Office. 1979. Admiralty Chart 1179. Admiralty Chart. Unknown.


SDV772	Cartographic: United Kingdom Hydrographic Office. 1978. Admiralty Chart 2675. Admiralty Chart. Unknown.

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

Date Last Edited:	Aug 4 2023 12:53PM

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