and has a population that totalled 1,648 at the 2011 census. Shipwrecks The coast of Anglesey was a hazardous place for sailing ships, and many wrecks have gone down on and around the shoreline. The Llanfaethlu coast includes the known or presumed resting place of at least 16 named wrecks:- The Elizabeth was a wooden schooner from Whitehaven, wrecked at Porth Penrhyn-mawr. As described in the Holyhead lifeboat station logbook, "The schooner was caught in Holyhead roads by the hurricane that blew over the night of 3-4 December 1863. The Holyhead lifeboat was launched and brought off the crew including the master John Greenlaw. The lifeboat was taken out by harbour men and pilots, after the regular crew declined to go. The lifeboat rescued 43 men from 3 others vessels. The total number of vessels wrecked that night between Peniel beach and Clipperau Point was 15". The Grace Phillips was a wooden schooner built in 1863 owned by T Morgan & Co of Amlwch. On 25 February 1898, on passage from Milford Haven to Caernarfon, it was caught in a force 8 gale and was blown ashore in Porth Tywyn-mawr. The Dagmar was a wooden barque built in 1854. On 9 December 1886 it was bringing timber from New Brunswick, Canada, to Liverpool. A force 10 gale blew it onshore and it was wrecked at Porth Tywyn Mawr. The Coxswain of the Holyhead lifeboat received a silver medal for saving the crew of the Dagmar plus crews from three other vessels, all on the same day (21 lives saved in total). Town Of Wexford was a sailing vessel (possibly also with a steam engine) running the mail service between Holyhead and Dublin. Under the command of master Murphy, it ran ashore at Porth Trefadog on 4 January 1852. The Holyhead lifeboat was towed out to the wreck by a rival paddle-steamer and through several trips was able to save 43 lives. The Hypatia was a wooden barque built in 1856 and registered at Skien, Norway. On 16 November 1888 it was carrying a cargo of timber from West Bay in Nova Scotia to Liverpool but became stranded on the beach south of Borthwen headland in a southwesterly force 8 gale. The captain and another man had landed by boat but at high water the barque was blown stem on to the rocks. The Holyhead lifeboat was called out and Mr