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WRECKS 32PG 121.tif
Went aground in thick fog. After severe buffeting by heavy seas the ship broke in two

WRECKS 32PG 120.tif
Went aground in thick fog. After severe buffeting by heavy seas the ship broke in two.

WRECKS 32PG 119.tif
Went aground in thick fog. After severe buffeting by heavy seas the ship broke in two

WRECKS 32PG 118.tif
Ran aground in thick fog. After severe buffeting by heavy seas the ship broke in two.

WRECKS 32PG 117.tif
After severe buffeting by heavy seas the ship broke in two

WRECKS 32HF 116.tif
carrying bags of cement note breeches buoy being used, crew saved

WRECKS 32HF 115.tif
carrying bags of cement note breeches buoy being used, crew saved

WRECKS 32HF 114.tif
carrying bags of cement crew saved by breeches buoy

WRECKS 32HF 113 A.tif
Crew members didn't hear warning rockets. All crew saved, Breeches Buoy

WRECKS 32HF 113.tif
Crew members didn't hear warning rockets. All crew saved , note the lines ot townsmen pulling on ropes ,possibly to steady the ship or Breeches Buoy

WRECKS 32HF 112.tif
Crew members didn't hear warning rockets. All crew saved Breeches Buoy

WRECKS 32HF 111.tif
Crew members didn't hear warning rockets. All crew saved

WRECKS 32HF 110.tif
she was being towed to a scrapyard but broke her tow and drifted at Prussia Cove finally went ashore at St Michael's Mount and broke up.

WRECKS 32HF109.tif
she was being towed to a scrapyard but broke her tow and drifted at Prussia Cove finally went ashore at St Michael's Mount and broke up.

WRECKS 32HF 108.tif
All 29 crew saved but a cat was marrooned on board for two days, eventually being rescued by a fishing boat.

WRECKS 32HF 107.tif
poor quality- Struck rocks at Wireless Point all 17 crew members were lost.

WRECKS 32HF 106.tif
poor quality- Struck rocks at Wireless Point all 17 crew members were lost.

WRECKS 32HF 105.tif
Tanker , Struck rocks at Wireless Point all 17 crew members were lost.
poor quality.

WRECKS 32HF 104.tif
grounded off the Seven Stones reef. Smoke can be seen from the explosives used to release the oil on board and burn it. Longships Lighthouse in foreground
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