Wreck of "Paris", at Coverack May 21st 1899.
The Paris left Southampton on 20 May 1899 with 380 passengers and 372 crew and collected a further 50 passengers from Cherbourg, then making passage to New York. The ship diverted to Eddystone and Lizard Lighthouses to get a navigational fix. However, in light misty rain the ship was about 15 miles off course and ran onto Lowland Point on Sunday 21 May. The passengers and crew were taken off the next morning by tug. The ship was eventually refloated. The Paris was eventually patched and towed to a dockyard where she was repaired, had one of her funnels removed and was again made seaworthy. Misfortune again dogged her career. She had another mishap in New York Harbour , was again made seaworthy and re-christened the Philadelphia. Once more misfortune followed her, but I cannot recall her ultimate end.
Wreck of "Paris", at Coverack on May 21st 1899.
Caption on image " Wreck of SS Ornais II ashore at Perran"
Omer Denise, wrecked at Coverack, September 19th 1931
The Belgian motor trawler Omer Denise went ashore on the opposite side of the Coverack Bay, at Perprean Cove. She was found next morning, stern first on the rocks, abandoned but with her engine still running. She broke up where she lay and her crew were later picked up adrift in a small boat off the Lizard. Description from Richard Larn and Clive Carter, Cornish Shipwrecks: The South Coast (Newton Abbot: David & Charles, 1971), p.98-99.
Group of men, including two policemen, watching wreck of Spanish coaster wrecked at Black Head Rock later drifted to Lowland Point, near Coverack, The Lizard According to Spanish newspaper report (6th November 1951 - Google translation) " The Spanish ship ran aground on the Cornish coast. The ship began to sink and its seventeen crew members were saved by a British ship. The ship belonged to the registration of Gijon"
The 827-ton steam coaster, Yewcroft, bound from the Thames to Bristol with cement, wandered off course in dense fog and grounded near Cudden Point. A few hours later, as the tide ebbed from beneath her, she broke in half. Description from Richard Larn and Clive Carter, Cornish Shipwrecks: The South Coast (Newton Abbot: David & Charles, 1971), p184.
Group of men watching wreck of Spanish coaster wrecked at Black Head Rock later drifted to Lowland Point, near Coverack, The Lizard According to Spanish newspaper report (6th November 1951 - Google translation) " The Spanish ship ran aground on the Cornish coast. The ship began to sink and its seventeen crew members were saved by a British ship. The ship belonged to the registration of Gijon"
Group of men on shore watching Spanish coaster, wrecked at Black Head Rock later drifted to Lowland Point, near Coverack, The Lizard. According to Spanish newspaper report (6th November 1951 - Google translation) " The Spanish ship ran aground on the Cornish coast. The ship began to sink and its seventeen crew members were saved by a British ship. The ship belonged to the registration of Gijon"
Group of men watching Spanish coaster ,wrecked at Black Head Rock later drifted to Lowland Point, near Coverack, The Lizard. According to Spanish newspaper report (6th November 1951 - Google translation) " The Spanish ship ran aground on the Cornish coast. The ship began to sink and its seventeen crew members were saved by a British ship. The ship belonged to the registration of Gijon"
Spanish coaster wrecked at Black Head Rock later drifted to Lowland Point, near Coverack, The Lizard According to Spanish newspaper report (6th November 1951 - Google translation) " The Spanish ship ran aground on the Cornish coast. The ship began to sink and its seventeen crew members were saved by a British ship. The ship belonged to the registration of Gijon"
Wreck of "Liberty" Breechers buoy being used
West African steamer, driven ashore by 90 mph gale at Pendeen Watch, near Land's End. Crew saved Photograph of two images on white background.
Wreck of steamer "Liberty" at Pendeen. West African steamer, driven ashore by 90 mph gale at Pendeen Watch, near Land's End. Crew saved Crew saved Image is of photograph sellotaped on to a white mount
Penzance lifeboat Richard Lewis saving crew of barge John Grey wreck
Illustration from Illustrated London News magazine 1867-01-26. Caption reads" The Richard Lewis Lifeboat landing a ship wreck crew at Penzance - see preceding page". The barge was carrying rum, sugar and coconuts.
"Finisterre" was a French crabber and was a total wreck Identifying register number is on side CM2209 Five crew lost
"Finisterre" was a French crabber and was a total wreck Identifying register number is on side CM??09
The Eureka was a Brigham fishing vessel that wrecked on the rocks of Larrigan Beach in May 6th 1934. The trawler, Registered Number BM 374, broke loose her Anchor in Newlyn Harbour coming ashore by the Bolitho Gardens, Lariggan Penzance. The crew stayed asleep during the whole episode! Description from Cornish Memory Website
"Eureka" Brixham Trawler aground on Larrigan Beach