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City of Cardiff SS was a British cargo steamer of 3,089grt. On the 21st March 1912 she was wrecked in Mill Bay Nanjizal near Land's End when on passage from Le Havre for Cardiff in ballast. Read more at wrecksite:…

Man being rescued with a breeches buoy, from close-by position on cliff-top; bow of ship in background.

View of ship from cliff-top with figure being rescued by breeches buoy.

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PHOTO FROM A POSTCARD OF AN ENGRAVING

I K Brunels Ship Built in Wapping Dock Bristol & floated 19 Jul 1843 She returned for Refit 4 Jul 1970. Postcard of Drawing

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steamship Liberty ( Liberia) hit the rocks under Pendeen Watch while on voyage from Newport to La Goulette. All the crew was saved and the wreck was salvaged. Wikipedia

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SS Maoir at Cape Town just before she was wrecked.

Distant view of the ship, capsized and half-submerged in heavy surf with rocky coastline in background

SS Mina Cantiquin, Spanish Carho ship built 1906 ran aground in a storm at Black Head Rock near Coverack

17 crew members were saved by a British ship

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Wreck of beached SS Ornais II

The 1200 ton collier Ornais II ( France) driven ashore at Perranuthnoe in hurricane-force winds. She was on her way from Le Havre to Port Talbot to pick up coal.