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- Collection: The Ronald Garlick Newport Collection of Gibson Wreck Photographs
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SS Othon Stathatos, wrecked on the 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.
Mosel, wrecked at Bass Point, Lizard, August 9th 1882.
Mounted on card
S.S. Setiembre, Scilly, 1911
The Spanish steamer Setiembre was a a 2,171 ton net vessel, registered at Bilbao. Before it wrecked, the vessel was bound from Norman to Maryport with iron-ore on March 26th 1911. The vessel had lost her rudder and badly holed in her hull when she…
Wreck of Tripolitania, wrecked at Loe Bar, December 18th 1912.
The 2,297-ton steamer Tripolitania of Genoa sailed from her home port on December 181th 1912, in water ballast for Barry Dcoks, under the command of Captain Elia Reppito, and when deep in the Bay of Biscay encountered the worst storm to sweep the…
S.S Minnehaha, Isles of Scilly, 1910
This photo shows the Minnehaha with tug and boats attending prior to salvage, 11th May 1910.
The S.S Minnehaha was a 13,443 tons gross Atlantic Transport Company steam liner that went aground on the eastern side of Scilly Rock at 12:50 on April…
The S.S Minnehaha was a 13,443 tons gross Atlantic Transport Company steam liner that went aground on the eastern side of Scilly Rock at 12:50 on April…
S.S Minnehaha, Isles of Scilly, 1910.
The S.S Minnehaha was a 13,443 tons gross Atlantic Transport Company steam liner that went aground on the eastern side of Scilly Rock at 12:50 on April 18th 1910. The Minnehaha was built and registered in Belfast by Harland & Wolf I 1900. On passage…
S.S. Plympton, Scilly, 1909.
The Plympton of London, a Commercial Steamship Company Vessel went ashore in the thick fog on August 14th while carrying maize in bags from Villa Constitution to Dublin, via Falmouth.
Built for Furness, Withy & Company of West Hartlepool in 1893,…
Built for Furness, Withy & Company of West Hartlepool in 1893,…
S.S. Plympton, Isles of Scilly, 1909
The Plympton of London, a Commercial Steamship Company Vessel went ashore in the thick fog on August 14th while carrying maize in bags from Villa Constitution to Dublin, via Falmouth.
Built for Furness, Withy & Company of West Hartlepool in 1893,…
Built for Furness, Withy & Company of West Hartlepool in 1893,…
S. S. Plympton, Scilly, 1909.
The Plympton of London, a Commercial Steamship Company Vessel went ashore in the thick fog on August 14th while carrying maize in bags from Villa Constitution to Dublin, via Falmouth.
Built for Furness, Withy & Company of West Hartlepool in 1893,…
Built for Furness, Withy & Company of West Hartlepool in 1893,…
Gunvor, 3 masted-barque wrecked at Black Head, April 6th 1912.
The 1,491 ton three masted, steel barque Gunvor of Fredrickstadt, Norway.
The Gunvor was lost at Pedn Boar on April 6th 1912, while on passage from Caleta to Falmouth with nitrates. So close inshore was she that her bowsprit overhung the rocks…
The Gunvor was lost at Pedn Boar on April 6th 1912, while on passage from Caleta to Falmouth with nitrates. So close inshore was she that her bowsprit overhung the rocks…
Susan Elizabeth, schooner wrecked at Porthminster Beach, St.Ives, October 17th 1907.
The Susan Elizabeth a 78-ton wooden schooner was bound for Liverpool to Truro with wheat when she dragged under Black Cliff in NNE gale on November 16th 1882.
The Isis capsized and drove ashore while trying to reach her, and the schooner's crew…
The Isis capsized and drove ashore while trying to reach her, and the schooner's crew…