Other shipwrecks

The coast of the island of Anglesey has over 400 shipwrecks. Many ships, submarines and their passengers and crew have ended their days on this treacherous coastline.

• The Royal Yacht Mary

  One of the oldest wrecks around North Wales...

• The Rothsay Castle

  One of the first steam driven ships...

• HMS Thetis

  A brand new submarine of the Royal Navy...

• Hindlea

  A 506 ton steamer...

HMS Thetis

HMS Thetis was a brand new submarine of the Royal Navy which sank during her very first trial in 1939 off the coast of Moelfre. Ninety-nine people lost their lives and only four survived.

The German Chancellor, Adolf Hitler sent a telegram conveying his own and the German nations sympathy over the disaster