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The Liverpool coaster, the 333-ton Eilianus, steamed into a large reef during the fog of June 1936. Launched in Holland in 1917 as the Wyke Regis, she left Blyth on June 2nd, discharged coal at Dunkirk and proceeded to Le Havre, loading 800 tons of…

The Auxiliary packet Earl of Arran ran ashore on Irishman's ledge on the July 16 1872. Built in Paisley in 1860 for the Ardrossen to Arran passenger run, the Earl of Arran served in the Clyde from 1860 until 1868, when she worked excursions between…

The Cromdale came ashore at at Bass Point, after a one hundred and twenty-dour day journey from Taltal, Chile with a cargo of Nitrates. She was already a week overdue at Falmouth when, nearing the Lizard, she ran into dense fog on the evening of May…

The Cromdale came ashore at at Bass Point, after a one hundred and twenty-dour day journey from Taltal, Chile with a cargo of Nitrates. She was already a week overdue at Falmouth when, nearing the Lizard, she ran into dense fog on the evening of May…

The Cromdale came ashore at at Bass Point, after a one hundred and twenty-dour day journey from Taltal, Chile with a cargo of Nitrates. She was already a week overdue at Falmouth when, nearing the Lizard, she ran into dense fog on the evening of May…

The Cromdale came ashore at at Bass Point, after a one hundred and twenty-dour day journey from Taltal, Chile with a cargo of Nitrates. She was already a week overdue at Falmouth when, nearing the Lizard, she ran into dense fog on the evening of May…

The Cromdale came ashore at at Bass Point, after a one hundred and twenty-dour day journey from Taltal, Chile with a cargo of Nitrates. She was already a week overdue at Falmouth when, nearing the Lizard, she ran into dense fog on the evening of May…

The Cragoswald of Newcastle was a 2,085-ton Steamer. She had sailed from Barry in the early house of April 28th 1911, bound for Venice with 4,800 tons of coal, but when twelve hours out her chief engineer was taken seriously ill and Captain Albert…

Wrecked between Mousehole and Penzer Point 1977.
Photograph shows scrap on Penzance Pier June 1979.

Wrecked between Mousehole and Penzer Point 1977.
Photograph shows scrap on Penzance Pier June 1979

Wrecked between Mousehole and Penzer Point

Wrecked between Mousehole and Penzer Point

Wrecked between Mousehole and Penzer Point.
Salvage operation.

Salvage work in progress.
Wrecked between Mousehole and Penzer Point.

Salvage work in progress.
Wrecked between Mousehole and Penzer Point

The 5,994-ton Clan lines steamer Clam Malcolm of Glasgow, wrecked at Green lane at 9pm on September 26th while bound from Port Natal via London to Glashow.

Dense fog cloaked the headland at the time, and the coastguards were unaware of the wreck…

The 5,994-ton Clan lines steamer Clam Malcolm of Glasgow, wrecked at Green lane at 9pm on September 26th while bound from Port Natal via London to Glashow.

Dense fog cloaked the headland at the time, and the coastguards were unaware of the wreck…