Title
Abernyte, Iron barque, Kynance, May 8th 1898
Subject
Shipwreck
Description
The Abernyte was a 700-ton Glasgow iron barque. The master of the ship was Master Cardwell.
She wrecked on course from Caleta Buena to Falmouth with nitrates under Rill Head on May 8th 1898. Her crew rowed seawards, leaving the barque slowly settling below the cliffs, and were picked up at dawn by Falmouth pilot cutter No. 6.
The Abernyte launched at Dumbarton in 1875 by Mackellar & Co, broke up in heavy ground seas during the evening.
Description from Richard Larn and Clive Carter, Cornish Shipwrecks: The South Cost (Newton Abbot: David & Charles, 1971), p. 155.
She wrecked on course from Caleta Buena to Falmouth with nitrates under Rill Head on May 8th 1898. Her crew rowed seawards, leaving the barque slowly settling below the cliffs, and were picked up at dawn by Falmouth pilot cutter No. 6.
The Abernyte launched at Dumbarton in 1875 by Mackellar & Co, broke up in heavy ground seas during the evening.
Description from Richard Larn and Clive Carter, Cornish Shipwrecks: The South Cost (Newton Abbot: David & Charles, 1971), p. 155.
Creator
Gibson
Date
1892-05-08
Rights
Morrab library
Format
Print
Identifier
RGN.040
Coverage
Kynance cove
Physical Dimensions
6" x 8"