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- Collection: The Ronald Garlick Newport Collection of Gibson Wreck Photographs
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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…
Petrellen, Barque Vessel, Mount's Bay, 31 Jan. 1885.
The Petrellen was a barque style sailing vessel of 335-tons.
On its homeward bound journey to Porsground, Norway, the vessel was driven on to the sand flats at Longrock. None of the crew was drowned. She had put into Mount's Bay for her chief…
On its homeward bound journey to Porsground, Norway, the vessel was driven on to the sand flats at Longrock. None of the crew was drowned. She had put into Mount's Bay for her chief…
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…
Plymouth trawler Reginald stranded at St. Mary's, 1902
The Plymouth Steam Trawler went ashore went ashore on Porth Hellick, St. Marys in 1902. The image shows how the crew were waiting for the eventual high tide to eventually re-float the vessel.
Description of wreck from Richard Larn, Cornish…
Description of wreck from Richard Larn, Cornish…
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…
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…
Russian steamer Aksai wrecked on White Island, Scilly, 1875
The Russian stemaer, Aksai, was lost around White Island on November 2nd 1875. She was on passage from Cardiff to Odessa with coal. Fog blurred the outline of the Scillies, with Captain Boltine taking her along the north side of St Martins, only to…
S. S. Ixia, Cape Cornwall, 1929.
Ship shown from starboard quarter, semi-submerged.
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 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 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…
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…
S.S. Archangelos, Coverack, 1929
Set-piece view from foreshore, with figures in f'ground and tug in background far right during salvage operation. Some creases and corner blemishes
