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Abernyte, Iron barque, Kynance, May 8th 1898
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…
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…
Alexander Yeats stranded at Gurnard's Head, September 25th 1896
The largest sailing ship lost anywhere between Land's End and St Ives was the Liverpool ship Alexander Yeats, launched in 1876 by D. Lynch of Portland, New Brunswick, as a wooden full-rigger of 1,589 tons.
Towards the end of her career she was…
Towards the end of her career she was…
Paknam, Dutch Steamer wrecked at Pendeen, May 13th 1895.
On May 13th 1895, the 200-ton steel river steamer Paknam, Affray master.
Three days from the Clyde on her maiden voyage to Le Havre, then to French Tonkin, was wrecked in fog under Greeb Point.
Description from Clive Carter, Cornish…
Three days from the Clyde on her maiden voyage to Le Havre, then to French Tonkin, was wrecked in fog under Greeb Point.
Description from Clive Carter, Cornish…
SS Leputa ashore off Battery rocks, Penzance, 1895
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SS Saintonge stranded off Boskenna, 1895
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Busby, wrecked at Pendeen on June 23nd 1894.
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S.S Serica wrecked off St. Mary's, 1893
The Serica, a fine steel screw, schooner-rigged steamer of 1,736 tons register. Her last voyage began at Cardiff on November 16th 1893, when she sailed for Port Said with a crew of twenty-five and a cargo of coal.
Bad weather was encountered the…
Bad weather was encountered the…
SS Serica wrecked off St. Mary's, 1893
The Serica, a fine steel screw, schooner-rigged steamer of 1,736 tons register. Her last voyage began at Cardiff on November 16th 1893, when she sailed for Port Said with a crew of twenty-five and a cargo of coal.
Bad weather was encountered the…
Bad weather was encountered the…
Prime Minister Harold Wilson and officials at Railway Station
Prime Minister Harold Wilson with dog