In memory of
Captain Henry Rotary, and the crew of the Liverpool ship Cyber wrecked at Porthloe Cove during the great storm of 15th March 1905. Of the 26 men all told 23 were lost some of whose remains were washed ashore and here interred. Mates WH…
Captain John Willis pictured after he had recovered from the ordeal of the wreck of the Liverpool ship Khyber. The ship wrecked with a loss of 23 lives close to Porthloe Cove near Tol Pedn Coastguard station on March 15, 1905, carrying grain from…
The Khyber was a Liverpool ship which wrecked with a loss of 23 lives close to Porthole Cove, south of Lands End on March 15, 1905, carrying grain from Australia to Falmouth.
Picture are John Willis, Harris and Johnson. The rest of the crew buried…
St Levan Church. Situated in a secluded dell about four miles from Land's End. The graves of the crew of the Khyber (1905) is directly under the tower, in the shadowed corner. The photo shows a woman walking on the path in front of the…
M.T. Lorna B, an addition to the fleet of tugs owned and operated by International Towing Ltd. MT Lorna B was a deep sea salvage and anchor handling vessel of 5,000 IHP and 450 GRT.
HMS Gladiator, which was sold to a Dutch firm for £15,000 in May of 1909. She was wrecked at Yarmouth in April 1908 and raised and taken to Portsmouth in October of the same year. She is seen here in the care of three tugs, one on each side and one…
The preserved steam tug Portwey leaving Totnes for Darmouth on the inaugural river voyage of the newly-formed Dart Harbour and Navigation Authority in 1976.