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Wooden Box of Glass Negs including William Henry Richards founder prints stored in 'M' Drawer. c 1900..
TO BE SORTED AND SCANNED

This photograph is a duplicate of IND 16HG012, showing workers in a factory in Newlyn. Please refer to OND 16HG012 for more information, including the names of a few individuals.

Workshops\ Cottage James Tangye 1825 son founder Cornwall Wks Smethwick

Wreck S V Khyber built 1883 Memorial broad sheet O N 55.

The City of Cardiff was on passage from Dartmouth to Barry Roads in ballast when it was forced shore in heavy weather on 21 March 1912. Despite laying anchors to prevent the ship being driven further in shore under the cliffs, the cables broke and…

Wreck of Nimrod

The Tripolitania was on passage from Genoa to Barry in ballast when it was hit by a gale and heavy weather, which drove it ashore onto the Loe Bar. The 27 crew and captain were rescued except for one who drowned. Despite attempts to refloat her by…

Fishing boat build 1913 owned by W Harvey registered n Lowestoft under LT706 wrecked near Penzance.
42 Gross Tonnage

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The steamer SOUTH AMERICA, bound from Hamburg to Cardiff, in ballast, went ashore in…

Alacrity bound from Swansea to Belgium with coal ran aground in fog at Portheras Cove, near Pendeen Watch lighthouse. The wreck was later blown apart by explosives in an attempt to break the ship up for scrapping. However, some speculate that the…

Wreck of Albert Wilhelm, Lelant Sands

Wreck of sailing ship Ceclia at St Ives

The City of Cardiff was on passage from Dartmouth to Barry Roads in ballast when it was forced shore in heavy weather on 21 March 1912. Despite laying anchors to prevent the ship being driven further in shore under the cliffs, the cables broke and…

The MFV Conqueror was a modern freezer trawler built in 1965 by Hall, Russel & Co Ltd of Aberdeen, for the Northern Trawlers Company. By 1977 she had undergone a major refit to extend her freezer capacity, and left her home port of Hull to go…

The MFV Conqueror was a modern freezer trawler built in 1965 by Hall, Russel & Co Ltd of Aberdeen, for the Northern Trawlers Company. By 1977 she had undergone a major refit to extend her freezer capacity, and left her home port of Hull to go…

Wreck of D L Harper one of the largest oil tankers of its time. Refloated and towed to Falmouth. 6 week old bay rescued from the ship.

Kergall grounded in heavy seas

Dieppe trawler Jeanne Gougy ( France) wrecked on Dr Syntax's Head, Land's End. The crew were trapped in an air pocket in the wheelhouse for six hours until low tide when they were rescued by the Life Saving Apparatus and Whirlwind Helicopter. Of the…

Juan Ferrer Spanish coaster aground Boscawen Point. Lamorna 1963.
Eleven men from a crew of 15 were lost

Le Vieux Tigre", which went on to Bass Point, The Lizard, in fog 27 March 1935