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The Maria Asumpta was launched at Badalona in 1858, and was involved in the textile trade between Argentina and Spain; later she was used to transport slaves and salt. In the 1930s an engine was installed, and she was renamed Pepita. With the…

Richard Chappell, local taxi owner, sitting in car at the bottom of Kings's Rd, Penzance

Portrait of Richard Chappell

Joseph and Edith Hichens, parents of Willie and Tom Hichens, and of daughter also called Edith, who married Richard James Chappell 1928. Clifton Villa at the bottom of Paul Hill, Newlyn.

black and white image of painted portrait

Same subject as WRECKS 32HG 008 -015

View looking down the valley to the village of Porthgwarra

Same subject as WRECKS 32HG 007 - 014

Same subject as WRECKS 32HG 007 -015

Photograph of boats moored in an inlet or estuary (possibly off Watergate Bay near Newquay?)

Same subject as WRECKS 32HG 007 -014

Wreck of Alba of Panama
Mast and funnels lost, 6 lives lost.
Same subject as WRECKS 32HG 017 -019

A view of rural cottages in Lynton. Lynton is situated on the coast of Exmoor National Park in North Devon

Page of two photographs.
The top photograph shows the main Street in Bridport in Dorset showing the Town Hall at the end of the street.
The bottom photograph is of Rock Mill in Holmfirth, in West Yorkshire.

Wreck of Alba of Panama
Mast and funnels lost, 6 lives lost.
Same wreck as WRECKS 32HG 016, 018 and 019

Cliffs at Carn Les Boel, near Land's End

Page with two photographs of Holmfirth, in West Yorkshire. The top view has fields in the foreground with the town behind and in the second, the buildings are in the foreground with fields rising in the background.

Wreck of Alba of Panama
Mast and funnels lost, 6 lives lost.
Same wreck as WRECKS 32HG 016, 017 and 109