Title
SS Rosedale beached on Porthminster Beach, St Ives, November 17th 1893
Subject
The 936-ton iron screw steamer Rosedale of London, master Dickson, was in water ballast from Southhampton to Cardiff. The Rosedale was demolished for scrap by J. Laing in 1896.
It wallowed past St. Ives pier and went broadside to Porthminster beach. The St. Ives lifeboat was flung ashore while trying to get alongside, and the steamer's sixteen crew were rescued by breeches-buoy.
By nightfall on November 17th 1893, the Vulture and the Cintra were just assorted scrap iron, the Bessie was gutted, minus her mainmast and funnel, the Rosedale seemed ready to Capsize.
Description from Clive Carter, Cornish Shipwrecks: The North Coast (London: Pan Books LTD, 1970), p.70-71.
It wallowed past St. Ives pier and went broadside to Porthminster beach. The St. Ives lifeboat was flung ashore while trying to get alongside, and the steamer's sixteen crew were rescued by breeches-buoy.
By nightfall on November 17th 1893, the Vulture and the Cintra were just assorted scrap iron, the Bessie was gutted, minus her mainmast and funnel, the Rosedale seemed ready to Capsize.
Description from Clive Carter, Cornish Shipwrecks: The North Coast (London: Pan Books LTD, 1970), p.70-71.
Description
Albumin print
Creator
Gibson
Date
1893-11-18
Rights
Morrab library
Format
Print
Identifier
RGN.030
Coverage
Porthminster beach
Physical Dimensions
8" x 10"