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- Collection: The Ronald Garlick Newport Collection of Gibson Wreck Photographs
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Socoa from Bayonne, French full-rigged ship that wrecked on Craggan rock, Cadgwith, July 31st 1906
The Steel masted, Socoa, of Bayonne stranded near Cadgwith in thick weather while on passage from Stettin to San Francisco.
She was carrying cement intended for the rebuilding of that earthquake-shattered city and 50,000 barrels of it had to be…
She was carrying cement intended for the rebuilding of that earthquake-shattered city and 50,000 barrels of it had to be…
SS Ambre, wrecked Pendeen, 1899
Albumen print
SS Brankelow, wrecked at Gunwalloe, the Lizard, April 21st 1890.
The 1, 661-ton brigantine-rigged Brankelow of Liverpool was under charter to the Russian government, laden with coal from Cardiff to Kronstadt, when she grounded near Gunwalloe in a light south-westerly breeze and slight haze at 12:30 a.m on April…
SS Brinkburn, wrecked off Bryher, Isle of Scilly, December 15th 1898.
The S.S Brinkburn was a four year old, 3,229 tons gross steamer which sunk on December 15th 1898.
The steamer was bound from Galveston, Texas, to Le Havre with 8,895 bales of cotton and 6,720 bags of cotton seed. She struck the Maiden Bower and…
The steamer was bound from Galveston, Texas, to Le Havre with 8,895 bales of cotton and 6,720 bags of cotton seed. She struck the Maiden Bower and…
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.
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 Leputa ashore off Battery rocks, Penzance, 1895
Albumen print
SS Maud on Pentreath Beach Lizard, 1912
Distant view of the ship, capsized and half-submerged in heavy surf with rocky coastline in background
SS Mohegan
Albumen print
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.
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.
SS Paris, Wrecked at Coverack on May 21st 1899.
Albumen print
SS Saintonge stranded off Boskenna, 1895
Albumen print
SS 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…
Steam coaster Fleswick on Hayle bar, January 28th 1902
Albumen print; damage to top right corner
Steamer Earl of Lonsdale, St. Agnes, 8 June 1885
The Earl of Lonsdale, a steamer, was carrying beans and cotton seed from Alexandria to Portishead. . Owned by Thomas G. Dunford of Newcastle. The vessel was 1,543 tons gross and was built in North Shields, North Tyneside in 1872
The Earl of…
The Earl of…