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- Collection: The Ronald Garlick Newport Collection of Gibson Wreck Photographs
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Abernyte, Iron barque, Kynance, May 8th 1898
The Abernyte was a 700-ton Glasgow iron barque. The master of the ship was Master Cardwell.
She wrecked on course from Caleta Buena to Falmouth with nitrates under Rill Head on May 8th 1898. Her crew rowed seawards, leaving the barque slowly…
She wrecked on course from Caleta Buena to Falmouth with nitrates under Rill Head on May 8th 1898. Her crew rowed seawards, leaving the barque slowly…
Alexander Yeats stranded at Gurnard's Head, September 25th 1896
The largest sailing ship lost anywhere between Land's End and St Ives was the Liverpool ship Alexander Yeats, launched in 1876 by D. Lynch of Portland, New Brunswick, as a wooden full-rigger of 1,589 tons.
Towards the end of her career she was…
Towards the end of her career she was…
Alliance and Golden Light ashore at Penzance, 1886
The ketch Alliance and Schooner Golden light were driven ashore at Chyandour on December 7th 1886. Both were from Penzance.
Description from Richard Larn and Clive Carter, Cornish Shipwrecks: The South Coast (Newton Abbot: David & Charles,…
Description from Richard Larn and Clive Carter, Cornish Shipwrecks: The South Coast (Newton Abbot: David & Charles,…
Avebury, wrecked at Lamorna, 1884
The Avebury was a Sunderland Steamer that was heading between Lisbon and Cardiff with a cargo of Iron ore and esparto grass (used for crafting).The Avebury missed Land's End completely in fog and steamed on the rocks less than a quarter of a mile…
Balbec, Steamer wrecked at near Land's End, March 28th 1884.
The 848-ton early Cunarder Balbec was wrecked on a the 28th March 1884.
She had left Liverpool the previous day on her regular run to Le Havre, loaded with hides, chemicals, and Manchester goods, with a crew of twenty-nine and five saloon…
She had left Liverpool the previous day on her regular run to Le Havre, loaded with hides, chemicals, and Manchester goods, with a crew of twenty-nine and five saloon…
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…
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…
Beach scene with washed up spars in foreground, undated
Print; badly damaged corners. Inscription: "After the storm - all that was left Trevean/Perranuthnoe"
Bessie, Liverpool Steam Collier, wrecked at Carbis Bay, Novemebr 18th 1893.
Bessie was on passage from Cardiff to Portland with a cargo of coal, when it became caught in a gale on the night of 18 November 1893. Bessie hit the western side of the Hayle Estuary and fortunately floated off and was carried by the wind and tide…
Bluejacket stranded on Longships, November 9th 1898.
The Cardiff tramp, Bluejacket, struck the rocks sixty feet from the main door of the Longship Lighthouse on November 9th 1898. The wreck came at the end of a long tramping voyage which began on June 4th, under the command of Captain James Thomas,…
Brankelow, Wrecked at Gunwalloe, 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…
Busby, wrecked at Pendeen on June 23nd 1894.
Albumen print
Celebrated Scilly pilot cutter Queen, Scilly, c. 1880
Albumen print
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…