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She came ashore in thick Fog. Passengers had to be rowed ashore. She was later sunk by a mine in Falmouth Bay 1939. More info on index card.

After leaving Falmouth she struck the Runnel Stone and sustained serious damage. Towed to Porthcurno but soon broke up. All crew were rescued by the tug Elliot and Jeffery

Renown on her way to scrapyard August 4 .1948. Note Gull on a rock

Photograph of a photograph mounted on board?. The schooner was later lost in the Bristol Channel

Photograph of a painting

Photograph of a photograph in a book. info from John Corin. She is on a scilly run

Pleasure craft alongside Peninnis which is alongside the quay

after severe buffeting by heavy seas the ship broke in two
Same image as WRECKS 32HG 007 -014

The owner Henry Peake had plans to sail to Australia but never made the whole journey. After this photo was taken it sailed to Southampton for fitting of main engine and sails. The crew was to be Captain George Everett Hitchens, Philip Nicholls Jnr,…

Note broken top right hand corner

A small punt had fallen onto the storm damaged ketch and caused further damage

Small punt had fallen onto damaged ketch causing further damage

Coffin on board ready for burial at sea. Group of people, some possibly religious members

Cutty Sark is a British clipper ship. Built on the Clyde in 1869 for the Jock Willis Shipping Line, she was one of the last tea clippers to be built and one of the fastest. She was purchased by retired sea captain Wilfred Dowman in 1922, who used her…