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- Collection: The Ronald Garlick Newport Collection of Gibson Wreck Photographs
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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…
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…
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…
S.S. Western Front, Lands End, 1921.
Annotation l. left, "Vaughan Paul, Penzance"
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…
Normand, wrecked at Kennack, April 2nd 1914.
The 100-ton steamer, Normande of Bayonne that was going from Nantes to Fowey in ballast went ashore on April 2nd 1914.
It was very foggy at the time, but the crew managed to scramble ashore, to be found the next morning by a Mr Martin, a local…
It was very foggy at the time, but the crew managed to scramble ashore, to be found the next morning by a Mr Martin, a local…
Cromdale, wrecked at Bass Point, 1913
The Cromdale came ashore at at Bass Point, after a one hundred and twenty-dour day journey from Taltal, Chile with a cargo of Nitrates. She was already a week overdue at Falmouth when, nearing the Lizard, she ran into dense fog on the evening of May…
Cromdale, wrecked at Bass Point, 1913
The Cromdale came ashore at at Bass Point, after a one hundred and twenty-dour day journey from Taltal, Chile with a cargo of Nitrates. She was already a week overdue at Falmouth when, nearing the Lizard, she ran into dense fog on the evening of May…
Cromdale, wrecked at Bass Point, Lizard, 1913
The Cromdale came ashore at at Bass Point, after a one hundred and twenty-dour day journey from Taltal, Chile with a cargo of Nitrates. She was already a week overdue at Falmouth when, nearing the Lizard, she ran into dense fog on the evening of May…
Queen Margaret, 1913
The Queen Margaret was one of the only two British ships ever to carry three skysails and her reputation for speed, grace, and good treatment of crews was legendary among seafarers.
When she left Barry docks in July 1912 with a cargo of coal for…
When she left Barry docks in July 1912 with a cargo of coal for…
Barque Queen Margaret, 1913
The Queen Margaret was one of the only two British ships ever to carry three skysails and her reputation for speed, grace, and good treatment of crews was legendary among seafarers.
When she left Barry docks in July 1912 with a cargo of coal for…
When she left Barry docks in July 1912 with a cargo of coal for…
SS Othon Stathatos, wrecked at St. Ives Bows, April 1913
The 3,534-ton Greek collier Othon Stathatos of Ithaki lurched into St. Ives bows awash after striking the Three Stone Oar in April 1913.
Description from Clive Carter, Cornish Shipwrecks: The North Coast (London: Pan Books LTD, 1970), p.34.
Description from Clive Carter, Cornish Shipwrecks: The North Coast (London: Pan Books LTD, 1970), p.34.