Scene of Khyber wreck at Tol'pedn, 1905

RGN.064.tif

Title

Scene of Khyber wreck at Tol'pedn, 1905

Subject

Debris of full-rigged ship Khyber (1880), 2,026 t, Calgate Co, wrecked on passage from Melbourne to Queenstown, Ireland with cargo of wheat, on Tol'pedn beach, 15 March 1905. View of foreshore from cliff, with figures among the wreckage. There were 23 fatalities in the wreck

Ref: DSA i, 381; CSI, 231-3

Creator

Gibson

Date

1905-03-14

Rights

Morrab library

Format

Print

Identifier

RGN.064

Coverage

Tol Pedn

Physical Dimensions

6" x 8"

Geolocation