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Red Star liner Gothland, Scilly, 1914.
The Red Star Liner, Gothland, wrecked at 4:30 pm on June 23rd 1914. Launched in 1893 by Harland & Wolff of Belfast, it was a four-masted, 490ft long vessel.
The Gothland was on passage from Montreal to Rotterdam with a general cargo which…
The Gothland was on passage from Montreal to Rotterdam with a general cargo which…
Red Star Liner Gothland, Scilly, 1914.
The Red Star Liner, Gothland, wrecked at 4:30 pm on June 23rd 1914. Launched in 1893 by Harland & Wolff of Belfast, it was a four-masted, 490ft long vessel.
The Gothland was on passage from Montreal to Rotterdam with a general cargo which…
The Gothland was on passage from Montreal to Rotterdam with a general cargo which…
S.S. Datetree, wrecked on Brisons, 1914
SS Datetree was a brand new British steam collier/cargo ship owned by the Tree Steamship Company. It was only three months old, having been built in early 1914 by the Antwerp Engineering Company.
On June 25, 1914, while carrying a cargo of coal…
On June 25, 1914, while carrying a cargo of coal…
Barque Salute of Christiansand, Perranuthnoe, December 8th 1911
The Saluto (1867) was on passage from the Thames with sand ballast to Barbados but was caught in a succession of gales.
Account of Wreck from Cornishman Newspaper, December 9th 1911
"Watched by hundreds of spectators, the Norwegian Barque…
Account of Wreck from Cornishman Newspaper, December 9th 1911
"Watched by hundreds of spectators, the Norwegian Barque…
Swedish barque Hansy wrecked near Penolver, the Lizard 1911.
The 1,597-ton steel ship, Hansy, launched at Dumbarton by Alexander Macmillan & Sons in 1885 as the Aberfoyle.
In the course of a somewhat chequered career, she had been picked up in Bass Strait, Tasmania in 1896 by a steamer which had found her…
In the course of a somewhat chequered career, she had been picked up in Bass Strait, Tasmania in 1896 by a steamer which had found her…
Swedish barque Hansy, Lizard, 1911
The 1,597-ton steel ship, Hansy, launched at Dumbarton by Alexander Macmillan & Sons in 1885 as the Aberfoyle.
In the course of a somewhat chequered career, she had been picked up in Bass Strait, Tasmania in 1896 by a steamer which had found her…
In the course of a somewhat chequered career, she had been picked up in Bass Strait, Tasmania in 1896 by a steamer which had found her…
Pindos, German barque wrecked at Chynhalls, 1912
The Pindos launched in June 1890 by Williamson of Workington as the Eusemere, was a steel, four-masted barque of 2,354 tons net and 2,512 gross, built for the firm of Fisher & Sprott of London.
In 1896 she was sold to B. Wencke & Company of…
In 1896 she was sold to B. Wencke & Company of…
S. S. Ixia, Cape Cornwall, 1929.
Ship shown from starboard quarter, semi-submerged.
SS Maud on Pentreath Beach Lizard, 1912
Distant view of the ship, capsized and half-submerged in heavy surf with rocky coastline in background
Schooner St.Anne, Porthleven, 1931.
View from ahead from beach, with fore topsail still set.
SS City of Cardiff, Nanjizal Bay, 1912.
View of ship from cliff-top with figure being rescued by breeches buoy.
Print damaged at lower left corner.
Print damaged at lower left corner.
SS City of Cardiff, Nanjizal Bay Lands End, 1912.
Man being rescued with a breeches buoy, from close-by position on cliff-top; bow of ship in background.
S.S. South America ashore at Merthen Point, March 12th 1912.
The South America was a steel screw steamer of 4,197 tons gross. She was owned by Nitrate Producers Company of London and had sailed from Hamburg bound for Cardiff in water ballast, under charter to the Hamburg Amerika Line.
The weather was poor…
The weather was poor…
S.S South America ashore at Merthen Point, 1912.
The South America was a steel screw steamer of 4,197 tons gross. She was owned by Nitrate Producers Company of London and had sailed from Hamburg bound for Cardiff in water ballast, under charter to the Hamburg Amerika Line.
The weather was poor…
The weather was poor…
Deck photo of unidentified ship in harbour being pumped out
Print; some fading in foreground