49 20 3774 https://photoarchive.morrablibrary.org.uk/files/original/Richards_Collection/11993/WRECKS_32OF_228.tif c5a8bf0b9657c6f03be03ad68e789ff2 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Richards Collection Description An account of the resource The Richards Collection represents the work of one Penzance family of professional photographers over several generations - from the early 1850s until the late 1970s. It consists of several thousand negatives, glass plates and prints, covering everything intrinsic to Cornish life from fishing to flower picking and graphic views of shipwrecks as well as portraits of the people of Penzance and surrounding areas. Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Street Name Juan Ferrer Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context WRECKS 320F 228 Title A name given to the resource Upturned coaster Juan Ferrer. Penlee lifeboat searching for survivors, October 23rd 1963. Subject The topic of the resource Aground Shipwreck Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1963 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Lamorna Cove Description An account of the resource Note the Penlee lifeboat searching for survivors. The Juan Ferrer of Valencia was a handsome, well-equipped motor coaster of nearly 700 tons, thrashing her way up towards Land's end on her usual run from her home port of Liverpool. Owned by Frederick Ferrer of Valencia, the Juan Ferrer was only three years old and had been built in her home port of AST Neptune. Her cargo was several thousand bundles of staves, large sheets of thick plywood, and sporting shotguns. The weather was bad: a strong damp south-west wind had brought thick drizzle and occasional fierce rainstorms in from the Atlantic, and a heavy ground swell broke beneath the Lamorna Cliffs. Steadily the Juan Ferrer rolled on through the wind and rain: at 2:30 am the light of another vessel astern suddenly vanished as she ran into a thick bank of fog. Her young captain, 32-year-old Luis Ruiz, made for the radio room to contact Land's Land and establish his position. Minutes ticked by with only the crackle of static coming through, then came a cry from the deck, "Rocks Ahead!" which sent him racing topside. Right in front of the Juan Ferrer's bow towered 'great looming shapes' as the captain later described them and his shout for "Full Astern" was drowned as the coaster's elegantly flared bow smashed into a wall of granite below Carn Boscawen. Deck Cargo broke lose under the impact and, calling for all hands, the captain ran back to the radio room. At 3 am, Land's End radio picked up 'Juan Ferrer. Am ashore vicinity of Mount's Bay.' It was the only signal Captain Ruiz could send out before the sea put the generators out of action. Jose Sevillano, a 21-year-old sailor who had been hurled from his bunk by the sudden shock, reached the deck to find the ship already heeling over into the surf. Benito Nuncy, another young seaman, joined in trying to launch the lifeboats which were carried on each side of the funnel, abaft the bridge. One boat was against the rocks, so the Spaniards turned to the other. After a struggle in the wind and darkness they lowered it, but a heavy sea smashed it against the coaster's side and it was swept away. There was one other boat, a small dinghy carried in the bows, but there was no hope of reaching it over the jumbled chaos of wha had once been a neatly-stacked deck cargo. The Juan Ferrer listed until her decks were almost vertical, but the rocks were only twelve feet away and Benito Nuncy jumped overboard. He was dashed on to the rocks but managed to crawl up beyond reached of the waves: soon Jose Sevillano, Baldomero Garcia, the 19-year-old bosun and Jose Oijnaga, the 20 year-old chief engineer, also leapt overboard. Garcia vanished at once, even though he wore a life jacket like the others, and Oijnaga was swept away as he tried to get hold on the slippery granite. Jose Sevillano alone scrambled up to join Benito Nuncy on Carn Boscawen. Fifteen minutes later the gallery boy, Jose Alonso, got ashore half-naked, and the three huddled among the boulders to shelter for the wind and driving rain. They stayed there in hope that more of their shipmates had survived, although the Juan Ferrer was barely visible in the surf below. Captain Ruiz stayed with his ship until the last possible moment, when, although a non-swimmer, he leapt off the stern as the coaster rolled over beneath him. The suction dragged him down and when he surfaced it was to hear the cries of the crew around him, but they soon faded and he was left alone in the rough seas. Supported by a bundle of wooden staves from the cargo, he trod water and drifted back and forth with the current. The first streaks of dawn gave him hope, and as he rose on a wave crest he could just make out the distant shape of the Penlee lifeboat. He tried to shout and strike out towards her but his limbs were numb. Fortunately, his feeble cries were heard by two brothers, members of the Treen LSA company (another form of coastguard) who, along with every other rescue service had been searching for the Juan Ferrer since her distress call at three o'clock. The brothers signalled to the lifeboat and it closed in, hands reached down and Captain Ruiz was pulled from the sea in the last stages of exhaustion. He had been in the water for nearly four hours. The three survivors on shore had stayed near the wreck for several hours before they struck off inland across the fields, and they were met by a rescue part at seven o'clock as they wandered up a farm lane. They were hurried to the warm hospitality of a nearby farm, whilst the coastguards, LSA companies, an armada of rescue ships and a naval helicopter converged on Carn Boscawen. The Juan Ferrer lay submerged, nothing visible except the tip of her bows, rocking gently up and down with the waves swirling back and forth across the white letters of her name. Eleven of her crew had been drowned; nearly all of them young men in their early twenties. Only two were over thirty-two, and some, like the bosom, were hardly out of their teens. Months after the wreck, the cargo was found strewed over the shores form Lands End to Marazion. The goods were particularly useful for local people, who used them in a variety of ingenious ways. Description from Richard Larn and Clive Carter, Cornish Shipwrecks: The South Coast (Newton Abbot: David & Charles, 1971), p.215-218. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Richards 1951-1970 Seafaring and shipping Wrecks https://photoarchive.morrablibrary.org.uk/files/original/Richards_Collection/11992/WRECKS_32OF_227.tif e944c8f9be27d3e90047bfbf1353403d Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Richards Collection Description An account of the resource The Richards Collection represents the work of one Penzance family of professional photographers over several generations - from the early 1850s until the late 1970s. It consists of several thousand negatives, glass plates and prints, covering everything intrinsic to Cornish life from fishing to flower picking and graphic views of shipwrecks as well as portraits of the people of Penzance and surrounding areas. Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Street Name Juan Ferrer liferaft Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context WRECKS 32OF 227 Title A name given to the resource Liferaft from the upturned coaster Juan Ferrer. R.A.F. Culdrose helicopter and Penlee lifeboat searching for survivors. October 23rd 1963 Subject The topic of the resource aground Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1963 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Lamorna Cove Description An account of the resource The R.A.F Culdrose helicopter and Penlee lifeboat searching for survivors The Juan Ferrer of Valencia was a handsome, well-equipped motor coaster of nearly 700 tons, thrashing her way up towards Land's end on her usual run from her home port of Liverpool. Owned by Frederick Ferrer of Valencia, the Juan Ferrer was only three years old and had been built in her home port of AST Neptune. Her cargo was several thousand bundles of staves, large sheets of thick plywood, and sporting shotguns. The weather was bad: a strong damp south-west wind had brought thick drizzle and occasional fierce rainstorms in from the Atlantic, and a heavy ground swell broke beneath the Lamorna Cliffs. Steadily the Juan Ferrer rolled on through the wind and rain: at 2:30 am the light of another vessel astern suddenly vanished as she ran into a thick bank of fog. Her young captain, 32-year-old Luis Ruiz, made for the radio room to contact Land's Land and establish his position. Minutes ticked by with only the crackle of static coming through, then came a cry from the deck, "Rocks Ahead!" which sent him racing topside. Right in front of the Juan Ferrer's bow towered 'great looming shapes' as the captain later described them and his shout for "Full Astern" was drowned as the coaster's elegantly flared bow smashed into a wall of granite below Carn Boscawen. Deck Cargo broke lose under the impact and, calling for all hands, the captain ran back to the radio room. At 3 am, Land's End radio picked up 'Juan Ferrer. Am ashore vicinity of Mount's Bay.' It was the only signal Captain Ruiz could send out before the sea put the generators out of action. Jose Sevillano, a 21-year-old sailor who had been hurled from his bunk by the sudden shock, reached the deck to find the ship already heeling over into the surf. Benito Nuncy, another young seaman, joined in trying to launch the lifeboats which were carried on each side of the funnel, abaft the bridge. One boat was against the rocks, so the Spaniards turned to the other. After a struggle in the wind and darkness they lowered it, but a heavy sea smashed it against the coaster's side and it was swept away. There was one other boat, a small dinghy carried in the bows, but there was no hope of reaching it over the jumbled chaos of wha had once been a neatly-stacked deck cargo. The Juan Ferrer listed until her decks were almost vertical, but the rocks were only twelve feet away and Benito Nuncy jumped overboard. He was dashed on to the rocks but managed to crawl up beyond reached of the waves: soon Jose Sevillano, Baldomero Garcia, the 19-year-old bosun and Jose Oijnaga, the 20 year-old chief engineer, also leapt overboard. Garcia vanished at once, even though he wore a life jacket like the others, and Oijnaga was swept away as he tried to get hold on the slippery granite. Jose Sevillano alone scrambled up to join Benito Nuncy on Carn Boscawen. Fifteen minutes later the gallery boy, Jose Alonso, got ashore half-naked, and the three huddled among the boulders to shelter for the wind and driving rain. They stayed there in hope that more of their shipmates had survived, although the Juan Ferrer was barely visible in the surf below. Captain Ruiz stayed with his ship until the last possible moment, when, although a non-swimmer, he leapt off the stern as the coaster rolled over beneath him. The suction dragged him down and when he surfaced it was to hear the cries of the crew around him, but they soon faded and he was left alone in the rough seas. Supported by a bundle of wooden staves from the cargo, he trod water and drifted back and forth with the current. The first streaks of dawn gave him hope, and as he rose on a wave crest he could just make out the distant shape of the Penlee lifeboat. He tried to shout and strike out towards her but his limbs were numb. Fortunately, his feeble cries were heard by two brothers, members of the Treen LSA company (another form of coastguard) who, along with every other rescue service had been searching for the Juan Ferrer since her distress call at three o'clock. The brothers signalled to the lifeboat and it closed in, hands reached down and Captain Ruiz was pulled from the sea in the last stages of exhaustion. He had been in the water for nearly four hours. The three survivors on shore had stayed near the wreck for several hours before they struck off inland across the fields, and they were met by a rescue part at seven o'clock as they wandered up a farm lane. They were hurried to the warm hospitality of a nearby farm, whilst the coastguards, LSA companies, an armada of rescue ships and a naval helicopter converged on Carn Boscawen. The Juan Ferrer lay submerged, nothing visible except the tip of her bows, rocking gently up and down with the waves swirling back and forth across the white letters of her name. Eleven of her crew had been drowned; nearly all of them young men in their early twenties. Only two were over thirty-two, and some, like the bosom, were hardly out of their teens. Months after the wreck, the cargo was found strewed over the shores form Lands End to Marazion. The goods were particularly useful for local people, who used them in a variety of ingenious ways. Description from Richard Larn and Clive Carter, Cornish Shipwrecks: The South Coast (Newton Abbot: David & Charles, 1971), p.215-218. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Richards 1951-1970 Seafaring and shipping Wrecks https://photoarchive.morrablibrary.org.uk/files/original/Richards_Collection/11991/WRECKS_32OF_226.tif 72c3464d211d732172f7f860f1e50217 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Richards Collection Description An account of the resource The Richards Collection represents the work of one Penzance family of professional photographers over several generations - from the early 1850s until the late 1970s. It consists of several thousand negatives, glass plates and prints, covering everything intrinsic to Cornish life from fishing to flower picking and graphic views of shipwrecks as well as portraits of the people of Penzance and surrounding areas. Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Street Name Goliat 2 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context WRECKS 320F 226 Title A name given to the resource Goliat 2 , Swedish barge aground Sennen cove. 1973 Subject The topic of the resource Barge Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1973 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Lands End Description An account of the resource blown ashore after tow rope broke refloated towed to Falmouth Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Richards 1971-1990 Seafaring and shipping Wrecks https://photoarchive.morrablibrary.org.uk/files/original/Richards_Collection/11990/WRECKS_32OF_225.tif 897ea7990a542fb46d7719ad4b662b95 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Richards Collection Description An account of the resource The Richards Collection represents the work of one Penzance family of professional photographers over several generations - from the early 1850s until the late 1970s. It consists of several thousand negatives, glass plates and prints, covering everything intrinsic to Cornish life from fishing to flower picking and graphic views of shipwrecks as well as portraits of the people of Penzance and surrounding areas. Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Street Name Goliat 2 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context WRECKS 32OF 225 Title A name given to the resource Goliat 2 , Swedish barge aground Sennen cove. 1973 Subject The topic of the resource Barge Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1973 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Lands End Description An account of the resource blown ashore after tow rope broke refloated towed to Falmouth Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Richards https://photoarchive.morrablibrary.org.uk/files/original/Richards_Collection/11989/WRECKS_32OF_224.tif 1a335a3a5d252a0ec18714ba5cf3f9fa Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Richards Collection Description An account of the resource The Richards Collection represents the work of one Penzance family of professional photographers over several generations - from the early 1850s until the late 1970s. It consists of several thousand negatives, glass plates and prints, covering everything intrinsic to Cornish life from fishing to flower picking and graphic views of shipwrecks as well as portraits of the people of Penzance and surrounding areas. Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Street Name Goliat 2 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context WRECKS 32OF 224 Title A name given to the resource Goliat 2 Swedish barge aground, Sennen cove. 1973 Subject The topic of the resource aground Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1973 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Lands End Description An account of the resource blown ashore after tow rope broke refloated towed to Falmouth Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Richards 1971-1990 Seafaring and shipping Wrecks https://photoarchive.morrablibrary.org.uk/files/original/Richards_Collection/11988/WRECKS_32OF_223.tif 8299feac1b108d4320fa6609c18f8ad7 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Richards Collection Description An account of the resource The Richards Collection represents the work of one Penzance family of professional photographers over several generations - from the early 1850s until the late 1970s. It consists of several thousand negatives, glass plates and prints, covering everything intrinsic to Cornish life from fishing to flower picking and graphic views of shipwrecks as well as portraits of the people of Penzance and surrounding areas. Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Street Name Goliat 2 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context WRECKS 32OF 223 Title A name given to the resource Goliat 2 , Swedish barge aground , Sennen cove. 1973 Subject The topic of the resource aground Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1973 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Lands End Description An account of the resource blown ashore after tow rope broke, refloated towed to Falmouth Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Richards 1971-1990 Seafaring and shipping Wrecks https://photoarchive.morrablibrary.org.uk/files/original/Richards_Collection/11987/WRECKS_32QG_191.tif cda95203331f854a2169944bef8aebfd Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Richards Collection Description An account of the resource The Richards Collection represents the work of one Penzance family of professional photographers over several generations - from the early 1850s until the late 1970s. It consists of several thousand negatives, glass plates and prints, covering everything intrinsic to Cornish life from fishing to flower picking and graphic views of shipwrecks as well as portraits of the people of Penzance and surrounding areas. Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Street Name unidentified Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context WRECKS 32QG 191 Title A name given to the resource Unidentified Lowestoft drifter aground possibly at Gwynver Beach Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1910 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Sennen Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Richards Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Quarter Plate Glass Negative Description An account of the resource Trawler number visible on side LT 675 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Morrab Library Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Morrab Library 1911-1930 Seafaring and shipping Wrecks https://photoarchive.morrablibrary.org.uk/files/original/Richards_Collection/11986/WRECKS_32QG_190.tif 55a7c27cdf341424f07822d134b8e7c9 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Richards Collection Description An account of the resource The Richards Collection represents the work of one Penzance family of professional photographers over several generations - from the early 1850s until the late 1970s. It consists of several thousand negatives, glass plates and prints, covering everything intrinsic to Cornish life from fishing to flower picking and graphic views of shipwrecks as well as portraits of the people of Penzance and surrounding areas. Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Street Name Saluto Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context WRECKS 32QG 190 Title A name given to the resource Barque Saluto, Perranuthnoe near Penzance, December 8th 1911 Subject The topic of the resource Barque Shipwreck Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1911-12-13 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Perranuthnoe Description An account of the resource 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 Saluto was driven ashore close to St. Michael’s Mount on Wednesday morning, and it is likely to become a total wreck. In the teeth of one of the worst gales for a quarter of a century, the crew of thirteen all told were taken off by the Newlyn Lifeboat Elizabeth and Blanche and safely landed at that port amid scenes of great enthusiasm. The Saluto is an iron Barque and hails from Christiansund. She was commanded by Captain Olsen, and carried a crew of thirteen. She was bound from London to the West Indies in ballast. She left the Thames on November 23rd, but experienced bad weather. On Friday last, when in the Bay of Biscay, the vessel sprang a leak and matters rapidly worked towards a crisis. The water mixed with the ballast and thus choked the pumps. The leak was discovered forward on the starboard side, but despite all the efforts of the crew- who tried to plug it with a sail, white lead etc.- it was found impossible to stop it and with the pumps choked, the water rapidly rose in the hold. With the weather continuing bad, the captain recognised the danger of proceeding on his voyage and on Monday he determined to make for Falmouth. Under light sail the Saluto was in the vicinity of the Lizard on Tuesday night, but the wind then increased in velocity and it was found impossible to round the headland. The wind also changed its direction, and the Saluto was driven towards the centre of the Bay. The crew could do nothing more. The signal of distress was hoisted, and they waited patiently for help from the shore. It was in this state that the Barque was observed from Mousehole at about 9.30 on Wednesday morning. The intelligence was immediately sent to Newlyn and at 9.45 the lifeboat crew was summoned by rocket. With commendable foresight the Elizabeth and Blanche had been kept afloat, and in a few minutes Coxswain T.E.Vingoe and his crew were proceeding out of the Harbour to the rescue of the doomed ship. Some three or four of the lifeboat’s regular crew were away from Newlyn on fishing duty, but there was no difficulty in obtaining volunteers. The report of the rocket attracted to the harbour and to the sea front at Penzance a big crowd of interested spectators, who watched with intense excitement the subsequent proceedings. At the time the lifeboat left the harbour one of the fiercest gales on record in the Bay was raging from the S.W., and huge seas were running. The distressed vessel was three or four miles to the South-Eastward of Mousehole, and was rapidly drifting in the direction of Cudden. Under sails the lifeboat put out, her progress being followed with no little anxiety. At one moment she would be sent to the crest of a big wave, and the next she would be lost from view in the trough of the sea. There was no faltering and steadily and quickly she reduced the distance between herself and the Barque. Those on board the latter had observed the lifeboat’s approach, and had let go both anchors, but so violent was the gale and so great the seas that one of her cables snapped and the remaining anchor failed to hold the vessel. What actually was happening when the lifeboat had drawn alongside the Barque could not be followed by those on shore, as the vessel had reached within a couple of miles of Cudden, and vision was also obstructed by the heavy rain squalls which frequently swept over the Bay, blotting out even the Barque itself. After the lapse of a short time, however, the lifeboat was seen coming away from the Barque, and as she neared the land it was seen that her human freight had been considerably augmented. Sailing splendidly she quickly reached Newlyn where a tremendous ovation was accorded her plucky crew. The sirens of all the steam craft gave vent to a triumphant peon, and the throngs on the wharfs waved their hats and shouted enthusiastically. And let it be said the plucky lifeboat- men deserved the praise which was bestowed upon them, for on all hands it is admitted it was one of the smartest rescues ever effected in the Bay. So smartly had the whole affair been carried out that not more than an hour and a half had elapsed from the time the lifeboat left the harbour till the return with the whole of the crew of thirteen of the Saluto." Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Richards Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Quarter Plate Glass Negative Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Morrab Library Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Morrab Library 1911-1930 Seafaring and shipping Wrecks https://photoarchive.morrablibrary.org.uk/files/original/Richards_Collection/11985/WRECKS_32CG_173.tif cb6961091f619f91a8fb7c1f1764f61e Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Richards Collection Description An account of the resource The Richards Collection represents the work of one Penzance family of professional photographers over several generations - from the early 1850s until the late 1970s. It consists of several thousand negatives, glass plates and prints, covering everything intrinsic to Cornish life from fishing to flower picking and graphic views of shipwrecks as well as portraits of the people of Penzance and surrounding areas. Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Street Name Victoire-Roger Susan Ashley Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context WRECKS 32CG 173 Title A name given to the resource Victoire-Roger, Belgian ship aground Tallis Zawn Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1964 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Lands End Description An account of the resource Went aground in thick fog, crew of five rescued by Sennen Lifeboat Susan Ashley Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Richards Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Cabinet Glass Negative Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Morrab library Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Morrab library 1951-1970 Seafaring and shipping Wrecks https://photoarchive.morrablibrary.org.uk/files/original/Richards_Collection/11984/WRECKS_32CG_172.tif 1e0bc75ac4b72bc590adb94e0365007c Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Richards Collection Description An account of the resource The Richards Collection represents the work of one Penzance family of professional photographers over several generations - from the early 1850s until the late 1970s. It consists of several thousand negatives, glass plates and prints, covering everything intrinsic to Cornish life from fishing to flower picking and graphic views of shipwrecks as well as portraits of the people of Penzance and surrounding areas. Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Street Name Victoire-Roger Susan Ashley Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context WRECKS 32CG 172 Title A name given to the resource Victoire- Roger, a Belgian ship aground at Tallis Zawn, (Gamper/Sennen Cove) Lands End Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1964 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Lands End Description An account of the resource Went aground in thick fog crew of five rescued by Sennen Lifeboat Susan Ashley Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Richards Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Cabinet Glass Negative Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Morrab Library 1951-1970 Seafaring and shipping Wrecks https://photoarchive.morrablibrary.org.uk/files/original/Richards_Collection/11983/WRECKS_32CG_171.tif eba12ed5470b2ed6d5eb7aaea0a2311b Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Richards Collection Description An account of the resource The Richards Collection represents the work of one Penzance family of professional photographers over several generations - from the early 1850s until the late 1970s. It consists of several thousand negatives, glass plates and prints, covering everything intrinsic to Cornish life from fishing to flower picking and graphic views of shipwrecks as well as portraits of the people of Penzance and surrounding areas. Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Street Name Victoire-Roger Susan Ashley Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context WRECKS 32CG 171 Title A name given to the resource Victoire-Roger, belgian ship aground Tallis Zawn Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1964 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Lands End Description An account of the resource Went aground in thick fog, crew of five rescued by Sennen lifeboat Susan Ashley Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Richards Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Cabinet Glass Negative Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Morrab library Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Morrab library 1951-1970 Seafaring and shipping Wrecks https://photoarchive.morrablibrary.org.uk/files/original/Richards_Collection/11982/WRECKS_32CG_170.tif 90b1f3b4d149cec856b8ed16a0a9d511 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Richards Collection Description An account of the resource The Richards Collection represents the work of one Penzance family of professional photographers over several generations - from the early 1850s until the late 1970s. It consists of several thousand negatives, glass plates and prints, covering everything intrinsic to Cornish life from fishing to flower picking and graphic views of shipwrecks as well as portraits of the people of Penzance and surrounding areas. Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Street Name Victoire-Roger Susan Ashley Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context WRECKS 32CG 170 Title A name given to the resource Victoire-Roger, belgian ship aground Tallis Zawn vv Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1964 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Lands End Description An account of the resource Went aground in thick fog, crew of five rescued by Sennen Lifeboat Susan Ashley Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Richards Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Cabinet Glass Negative Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Morrab library Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Morrab library 1951-1970 Seafaring and shipping Wrecks https://photoarchive.morrablibrary.org.uk/files/original/Richards_Collection/11981/WRECKS_32CG_169.tif 7751a1eb1c8bfe831d82757532323a21 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Richards Collection Description An account of the resource The Richards Collection represents the work of one Penzance family of professional photographers over several generations - from the early 1850s until the late 1970s. It consists of several thousand negatives, glass plates and prints, covering everything intrinsic to Cornish life from fishing to flower picking and graphic views of shipwrecks as well as portraits of the people of Penzance and surrounding areas. Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Street Name Victoire-Roger Susan Ashley Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context WRECKS 32CG 169 Title A name given to the resource Victoire- Roger, Belgian ship aground Tallis Zawn Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1964 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Lands End Description An account of the resource Went aground in thick fog, crew of five rescued by Sennen Lifeboat Susan Ashley Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Richards Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Cabinet Glass Negative Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Morrab library Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Morrab library 1951-1970 Seafaring and shipping Wrecks https://photoarchive.morrablibrary.org.uk/files/original/Richards_Collection/11980/WRECKS_32CF_188A.tif af73b1bad0f1cdd4f78bd78f72a6e361 https://photoarchive.morrablibrary.org.uk/files/original/Richards_Collection/11980/WRECKS_32CG_168.tif a17f9214ac493720dfaff0f37e8f039c Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Richards Collection Description An account of the resource The Richards Collection represents the work of one Penzance family of professional photographers over several generations - from the early 1850s until the late 1970s. It consists of several thousand negatives, glass plates and prints, covering everything intrinsic to Cornish life from fishing to flower picking and graphic views of shipwrecks as well as portraits of the people of Penzance and surrounding areas. Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Street Name South Amerca -n Abertaye Damaged? Is the item damaged? Select Yes or No then describe in the "Condition" field. Yes Condition Record observations about the condition or conservation of the item, e.g. any damage (e.g. cracked, broken or chipped glass negative). The glass negative is broken off top left corner Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context WRECKS 32CG 168 WRECKS 32CF 188A Title A name given to the resource South American ashore at St Loy and Abertay laying next to vessel in October 1912, Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1912 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Lands End Description An account of the resource 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 until March 12th 1912, when it cleared and Captain Bowling was able to morse 'All's well' to the signal station on the Lizard. But less than half an hour later the South America was steaming through thick banks of drizzle and frequent squalls of torrential rain and having to steer a zigzag course across Mount's Bay to avoid a Newlyn pilchard fleet, strung out haphazardly from Mousehole island to Runnelstone. At Midnight, Captain Bowling altered course northward to take the South America round Land's End. She ploughed on through the murk with the lookouts still keeping a wary eye open for the fishing boats and had just avoided a lugger lying at her nets when second officer Read saw the dark shape of land right ahead. The helm was swung hard over, but even as the steamer's 389 horse power engine was put violently into reverse there was a rumbling screech and she shuddered over the big round boulders of St. Loy Bay. By the time it rattled down on St. Loy bay, the steamer had been identified as the South America from London. A rocket line was fired over her, but as no one was left aboard to secure it. Captain Alfred Bowling and Chief officer Thom, and second officer Harold Read, a Penzance man, swam out, climbed up a rope over the ship's side and set up the lines to work the breeches-buoy. As dawn lightened the sky above Carn Boscawen, the ship's instruments and the crew's baggage were landed and the South America was seen to be lying broadside-on near Merton Point, at the western end of St. Loy. She looked intact, but when the tide ebbed her bottom plates were seen to be badly damaged. The salvage steamer Lady of the Isles arrived, but even then it was obvious reflecting the stranded steamer would be a very difficult operation. In the days after the wreck, prospects of salvage grew dimmer with every tide, and a gale which blew up a week later caused more serious damage. Finally, the underwriters disposed of her to the Western Marine Salvage Company of Penzance, who began to break her up. At a Board of Trade Enquiry in May 1912, Captain Bowling and his officers levelled charged of looting at the people of St. Loy, as a number of things, including the Chief Officer Thom's Boer war medals and a large manila hawser (ship rope) had mysteriously disappeared. The medals were returned but the hawser was not, and there was talk that someone had been wrecking. These accusations were bitterly resented by the local people, many of whom had given very help and opened their homes to the shipwrecked crew. After two days, the findings of the court were announced. Captain Bowling was found guilty of not having navigated the South America with due care and in a proper and seamanlike manner; he had failed to take soundings after the shore lights were obscured and should not have altered course until he was certain of the steamer's position. In view of his previous unblemished record, he did not lose his certificate but received a severe warning. After the proceedings he withdrew his allegations about the looting of the South America. During the spring and summer of 1912, the local people became familiar with the great hulk of the South American and the breaking gangs who swarmed over her, and many could remember similar scenes twenty years before, when the French pit wood steamer Saintonge was wrecked in the bay. Autumn came and the South America was still slowly diminishing as the salvage men cut deeper into her steel hull. October was an even foggier month than usual that year, and it was during the dark hours of the 14th that the extraordinary wrecked occurred in St. Loy, exactly seven months after the first one. At half-past three in the morning, John Richards was roused from his bed for the second time that year by unusual noise in the bay. He thought at first that the salvage men must have raised steam on the South America, or were engaged on som particularly noisy job, but as it seemed unlikely at that hour he took the lantern he had used to guide in the South America's crew and made his way down to the shore. Thick fog swirled over the sea and it was several minutes before he saw a small steamer right against the big hulk's weather side. Within an hour, the Lady of the Isles had arrived, towing the Newlyn Lifeboat, while the rocket cart from Mousehole had joined the inhabitants of St. Loy on the same rocks from which they had fired the line over the South America. The lifeboatmen and coastguards soon discovered that the stranded steamer was the 599- ton steel screw, schooner-rigged Abertay. Owned by Boise et Chabois of Lorient and bound for Barry with a cargo of pit wood. Description taken from Richard Larn and Clive Carter, Cornish Shipwrecks: The South Coasts (Newton Abbot: David & Charles, 1971), p.203-208. The Abertay was a 599-ton steel screw, schooner rigged steamer. Owned by Bois et Chabois of Lorient and bound for Barry with a cargo of pit wood. Launched in 1888 by W. Simon & Company of Renfrew. She had sailed from France thirty-six hours previously and encouraged foggy weather right from the start. It got worse, and shortly before midnight on the 13th the wind had fallen away and the fog became so thick that the lookouts could scarcely see beyond the bow. Around three o'clock there was a tremendous crash and her crew confronted by a tall Shape of the South America Vessel that had crashed in the bay in March. The Abertay began to pound and roll on the docks and they knew she was ashore. Dawn revealed an amazing sight. The Abertay lay so neatly placed alongside the South America that it looked as though they had been deliberately moored together. But beneath the swell it was a different story: the French steamer's forefoot and bilges were a crumpled mass of metal, the plates buckled and twisted apart. Her master, Biscayan of about forty suffered further misfortune on the day after the wreck when he slipped and fell over the ledge on the cliff and was rushed to Penzance with serious injuries. The Abertay was beyond salvage and was broken up for scrap along with the South America. Description from Richard Barn and Clive Carter, Cornish Shipwrecks: The South Coast (Newton Abbot: David & Charles, 1971), p. 207-208. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Cabinet Glass Negative Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Morrab library Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Morrab library Subject The topic of the resource Shipwreck Wreck 1911-1930 Seafaring and shipping Wrecks https://photoarchive.morrablibrary.org.uk/files/original/Richards_Collection/11979/WRECKS_32CG_167.tif a0acb10820701d63ef962c2774ebf133 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Richards Collection Description An account of the resource The Richards Collection represents the work of one Penzance family of professional photographers over several generations - from the early 1850s until the late 1970s. It consists of several thousand negatives, glass plates and prints, covering everything intrinsic to Cornish life from fishing to flower picking and graphic views of shipwrecks as well as portraits of the people of Penzance and surrounding areas. Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Street Name Saluto Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context WRECKS 32CG 167 Title A name given to the resource Barque Saluto, Wrecked off Perranuthoe, December 8th 1911 Subject The topic of the resource Shipwreck Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1911 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Penzance Description An account of the resource 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 Saluto was driven ashore close to St. Michael’s Mount on Wednesday morning, and it is likely to become a total wreck. In the teeth of one of the worst gales for a quarter of a century, the crew of thirteen all told were taken off by the Newlyn Lifeboat Elizabeth and Blanche and safely landed at that port amid scenes of great enthusiasm. The Saluto is an iron Barque and hails from Christiansund. She was commanded by Captain Olsen, and carried a crew of thirteen. She was bound from London to the West Indies in ballast. She left the Thames on November 23rd, but experienced bad weather. On Friday last, when in the Bay of Biscay, the vessel sprang a leak and matters rapidly worked towards a crisis. The water mixed with the ballast and thus choked the pumps. The leak was discovered forward on the starboard side, but despite all the efforts of the crew- who tried to plug it with a sail, white lead etc.- it was found impossible to stop it and with the pumps choked, the water rapidly rose in the hold. With the weather continuing bad, the captain recognised the danger of proceeding on his voyage and on Monday he determined to make for Falmouth. Under light sail the Saluto was in the vicinity of the Lizard on Tuesday night, but the wind then increased in velocity and it was found impossible to round the headland. The wind also changed its direction, and the Saluto was driven towards the centre of the Bay. The crew could do nothing more. The signal of distress was hoisted, and they waited patiently for help from the shore. It was in this state that the Barque was observed from Mousehole at about 9.30 on Wednesday morning. The intelligence was immediately sent to Newlyn and at 9.45 the lifeboat crew was summoned by rocket. With commendable foresight the Elizabeth and Blanche had been kept afloat, and in a few minutes Coxswain T.E.Vingoe and his crew were proceeding out of the Harbour to the rescue of the doomed ship. Some three or four of the lifeboat’s regular crew were away from Newlyn on fishing duty, but there was no difficulty in obtaining volunteers. The report of the rocket attracted to the harbour and to the sea front at Penzance a big crowd of interested spectators, who watched with intense excitement the subsequent proceedings. At the time the lifeboat left the harbour one of the fiercest gales on record in the Bay was raging from the S.W., and huge seas were running. The distressed vessel was three or four miles to the South-Eastward of Mousehole, and was rapidly drifting in the direction of Cudden. Under sails the lifeboat put out, her progress being followed with no little anxiety. At one moment she would be sent to the crest of a big wave, and the next she would be lost from view in the trough of the sea. There was no faltering and steadily and quickly she reduced the distance between herself and the Barque. Those on board the latter had observed the lifeboat’s approach, and had let go both anchors, but so violent was the gale and so great the seas that one of her cables snapped and the remaining anchor failed to hold the vessel. What actually was happening when the lifeboat had drawn alongside the Barque could not be followed by those on shore, as the vessel had reached within a couple of miles of Cudden, and vision was also obstructed by the heavy rain squalls which frequently swept over the Bay, blotting out even the Barque itself. After the lapse of a short time, however, the lifeboat was seen coming away from the Barque, and as she neared the land it was seen that her human freight had been considerably augmented. Sailing splendidly she quickly reached Newlyn where a tremendous ovation was accorded her plucky crew. The sirens of all the steam craft gave vent to a triumphant peon, and the throngs on the wharfs waved their hats and shouted enthusiastically. And let it be said the plucky lifeboat- men deserved the praise which was bestowed upon them, for on all hands it is admitted it was one of the smartest rescues ever effected in the Bay. So smartly had the whole affair been carried out that not more than an hour and a half had elapsed from the time the lifeboat left the harbour till the return with the whole of the crew of thirteen of the Saluto." Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Richards Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Cabinet Glass Negative Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Morrab library Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Morrab library 1911-1930 Seafaring and shipping Wrecks https://photoarchive.morrablibrary.org.uk/files/original/Richards_Collection/11978/WRECKS_32CG_166.tif 8c3beb425376ebfcb4661a737fd19abf Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Richards Collection Description An account of the resource The Richards Collection represents the work of one Penzance family of professional photographers over several generations - from the early 1850s until the late 1970s. It consists of several thousand negatives, glass plates and prints, covering everything intrinsic to Cornish life from fishing to flower picking and graphic views of shipwrecks as well as portraits of the people of Penzance and surrounding areas. Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Street Name Providence BM105 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context WRECKS 32CG 166 Title A name given to the resource Provident, Brixham trawler, blown ashore on Marazion beach Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1950 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Marazion Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Richards Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Cabinet Glass Negative Description An account of the resource Registration BM 105. St Michael's Mount in background Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Morrab library Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Morrab library 1931-1950 Seafaring and shipping Wrecks https://photoarchive.morrablibrary.org.uk/files/original/Richards_Collection/11977/WRECKS_32CG_165.tif 003063d2757fa207663bc8017a840af7 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Richards Collection Description An account of the resource The Richards Collection represents the work of one Penzance family of professional photographers over several generations - from the early 1850s until the late 1970s. It consists of several thousand negatives, glass plates and prints, covering everything intrinsic to Cornish life from fishing to flower picking and graphic views of shipwrecks as well as portraits of the people of Penzance and surrounding areas. Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Street Name Juan Ferrer Damaged? Is the item damaged? Select Yes or No then describe in the "Condition" field. Yes Condition Record observations about the condition or conservation of the item, e.g. any damage (e.g. cracked, broken or chipped glass negative). negative broken cleanly in two Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context WRECKS 32CG 165 Title A name given to the resource Juan Ferrer, Spanish coaster, on rocks Lamorna cove, October 23rd 1963 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1963 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Lamorna cove Description An account of the resource Penlee lifeboat can be seen searching for survivors in the background. The Juan Ferrer of Valencia was a handsome, well-equipped motor coaster of nearly 700 tons, thrashing her way up towards Land's end on her usual run from her home port of Liverpool. Owned by Frederick Ferrer of Valencia, the Juan Ferrer was only three years old and had been built in her home port of AST Neptune. Her cargo was several thousand bundles of staves, large sheets of thick plywood, and sporting shotguns. The weather was bad: a strong damp south-west wind had brought thick drizzle and occasional fierce rainstorms in from the Atlantic, and a heavy ground swell broke beneath the Lamorna Cliffs. Steadily the Juan Ferrer rolled on through the wind and rain: at 2:30 am the light of another vessel astern suddenly vanished as she ran into a thick bank of fog. Her young captain, 32-year-old Luis Ruiz, made for the radio room to contact Land's Land and establish his position. Minutes ticked by with only the crackle of static coming through, then came a cry from the deck, "Rocks Ahead!" which sent him racing topside. Right in front of the Juan Ferrer's bow towered 'great looming shapes' as the captain later described them and his shout for "Full Astern" was drowned as the coaster's elegantly flared bow smashed into a wall of granite below Carn Boscawen. Deck Cargo broke lose under the impact and, calling for all hands, the captain ran back to the radio room. At 3 am, Land's End radio picked up 'Juan Ferrer. Am ashore vicinity of Mount's Bay.' It was the only signal Captain Ruiz could send out before the sea put the generators out of action. Jose Sevillano, a 21-year-old sailor who had been hurled from his bunk by the sudden shock, reached the deck to find the ship already heeling over into the surf. Benito Nuncy, another young seaman, joined in trying to launch the lifeboats which were carried on each side of the funnel, abaft the bridge. One boat was against the rocks, so the Spaniards turned to the other. After a struggle in the wind and darkness they lowered it, but a heavy sea smashed it against the coaster's side and it was swept away. There was one other boat, a small dinghy carried in the bows, but there was no hope of reaching it over the jumbled chaos of wha had once been a neatly-stacked deck cargo. The Juan Ferrer listed until her decks were almost vertical, but the rocks were only twelve feet away and Benito Nuncy jumped overboard. He was dashed on to the rocks but managed to crawl up beyond reached of the waves: soon Jose Sevillano, Baldomero Garcia, the 19-year-old bosun and Jose Oijnaga, the 20 year-old chief engineer, also leapt overboard. Garcia vanished at once, even though he wore a life jacket like the others, and Oijnaga was swept away as he tried to get hold on the slippery granite. Jose Sevillano alone scrambled up to join Benito Nuncy on Carn Boscawen. Fifteen minutes later the gallery boy, Jose Alonso, got ashore half-naked, and the three huddled among the boulders to shelter for the wind and driving rain. They stayed there in hope that more of their shipmates had survived, although the Juan Ferrer was barely visible in the surf below. Captain Ruiz stayed with his ship until the last possible moment, when, although a non-swimmer, he leapt off the stern as the coaster rolled over beneath him. The suction dragged him down and when he surfaced it was to hear the cries of the crew around him, but they soon faded and he was left alone in the rough seas. Supported by a bundle of wooden staves from the cargo, he trod water and drifted back and forth with the current. The first streaks of dawn gave him hope, and as he rose on a wave crest he could just make out the distant shape of the Penlee lifeboat. He tried to shout and strike out towards her but his limbs were numb. Fortunately, his feeble cries were heard by two brothers, members of the Treen LSA company (another form of coastguard) who, along with every other rescue service had been searching for the Juan Ferrer since her distress call at three o'clock. The brothers signalled to the lifeboat and it closed in, hands reached down and Captain Ruiz was pulled from the sea in the last stages of exhaustion. He had been in the water for nearly four hours. The three survivors on shore had stayed near the wreck for several hours before they struck off inland across the fields, and they were met by a rescue part at seven o'clock as they wandered up a farm lane. They were hurried to the warm hospitality of a nearby farm, whilst the coastguards, LSA companies, an armada of rescue ships and a naval helicopter converged on Carn Boscawen. The Juan Ferrer lay submerged, nothing visible except the tip of her bows, rocking gently up and down with the waves swirling back and forth across the white letters of her name. Eleven of her crew had been drowned; nearly all of them young men in their early twenties. Only two were over thirty-two, and some, like the bosom, were hardly out of their teens. Months after the wreck, the cargo was found strewed over the shores form Lands End to Marazion. The goods were particularly useful for local people, who used them in a variety of ingenious ways. Description from Richard Larn and Clive Carter, Cornish Shipwrecks: The South Coast (Newton Abbot: David & Charles, 1971), p.215-218. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Richards Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Cabinet Glass Negative Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Morrab library Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Morrab library Subject The topic of the resource Shipwreck 1951-1970 Seafaring and shipping Wrecks https://photoarchive.morrablibrary.org.uk/files/original/Richards_Collection/11976/WRECKS_32CG_164.tif aeaee411191d3a7ad12b703e02b9c986 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Richards Collection Description An account of the resource The Richards Collection represents the work of one Penzance family of professional photographers over several generations - from the early 1850s until the late 1970s. It consists of several thousand negatives, glass plates and prints, covering everything intrinsic to Cornish life from fishing to flower picking and graphic views of shipwrecks as well as portraits of the people of Penzance and surrounding areas. Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Street Name Juan Ferrer Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context WRECKS 32CG 164 Title A name given to the resource Juan Ferrer, Spanish coaster, on rocks Lamorna cove, October 23rd 1963 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1963 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Lamorna cove Description An account of the resource The Penlee Lifeboat in the background searching for survivors. The Juan Ferrer of Valencia was a handsome, well-equipped motor coaster of nearly 700 tons, thrashing her way up towards Land's end on her usual run from her home port of Liverpool. Owned by Frederick Ferrer of Valencia, the Juan Ferrer was only three years old and had been built in her home port of AST Neptune. Her cargo was several thousand bundles of staves, large sheets of thick plywood, and sporting shotguns. The weather was bad: a strong damp south-west wind had brought thick drizzle and occasional fierce rainstorms in from the Atlantic, and a heavy ground swell broke beneath the Lamorna Cliffs. Steadily the Juan Ferrer rolled on through the wind and rain: at 2:30 am the light of another vessel astern suddenly vanished as she ran into a thick bank of fog. Her young captain, 32-year-old Luis Ruiz, made for the radio room to contact Land's Land and establish his position. Minutes ticked by with only the crackle of static coming through, then came a cry from the deck, "Rocks Ahead!" which sent him racing topside. Right in front of the Juan Ferrer's bow towered 'great looming shapes' as the captain later described them and his shout for "Full Astern" was drowned as the coaster's elegantly flared bow smashed into a wall of granite below Carn Boscawen. Deck Cargo broke lose under the impact and, calling for all hands, the captain ran back to the radio room. At 3 am, Land's End radio picked up 'Juan Ferrer. Am ashore vicinity of Mount's Bay.' It was the only signal Captain Ruiz could send out before the sea put the generators out of action. Jose Sevillano, a 21-year-old sailor who had been hurled from his bunk by the sudden shock, reached the deck to find the ship already heeling over into the surf. Benito Nuncy, another young seaman, joined in trying to launch the lifeboats which were carried on each side of the funnel, abaft the bridge. One boat was against the rocks, so the Spaniards turned to the other. After a struggle in the wind and darkness they lowered it, but a heavy sea smashed it against the coaster's side and it was swept away. There was one other boat, a small dinghy carried in the bows, but there was no hope of reaching it over the jumbled chaos of wha had once been a neatly-stacked deck cargo. The Juan Ferrer listed until her decks were almost vertical, but the rocks were only twelve feet away and Benito Nuncy jumped overboard. He was dashed on to the rocks but managed to crawl up beyond reached of the waves: soon Jose Sevillano, Baldomero Garcia, the 19-year-old bosun and Jose Oijnaga, the 20 year-old chief engineer, also leapt overboard. Garcia vanished at once, even though he wore a life jacket like the others, and Oijnaga was swept away as he tried to get hold on the slippery granite. Jose Sevillano alone scrambled up to join Benito Nuncy on Carn Boscawen. Fifteen minutes later the gallery boy, Jose Alonso, got ashore half-naked, and the three huddled among the boulders to shelter for the wind and driving rain. They stayed there in hope that more of their shipmates had survived, although the Juan Ferrer was barely visible in the surf below. Captain Ruiz stayed with his ship until the last possible moment, when, although a non-swimmer, he leapt off the stern as the coaster rolled over beneath him. The suction dragged him down and when he surfaced it was to hear the cries of the crew around him, but they soon faded and he was left alone in the rough seas. Supported by a bundle of wooden staves from the cargo, he trod water and drifted back and forth with the current. The first streaks of dawn gave him hope, and as he rose on a wave crest he could just make out the distant shape of the Penlee lifeboat. He tried to shout and strike out towards her but his limbs were numb. Fortunately, his feeble cries were heard by two brothers, members of the Treen LSA company (another form of coastguard) who, along with every other rescue service had been searching for the Juan Ferrer since her distress call at three o'clock. The brothers signalled to the lifeboat and it closed in, hands reached down and Captain Ruiz was pulled from the sea in the last stages of exhaustion. He had been in the water for nearly four hours. The three survivors on shore had stayed near the wreck for several hours before they struck off inland across the fields, and they were met by a rescue part at seven o'clock as they wandered up a farm lane. They were hurried to the warm hospitality of a nearby farm, whilst the coastguards, LSA companies, an armada of rescue ships and a naval helicopter converged on Carn Boscawen. The Juan Ferrer lay submerged, nothing visible except the tip of her bows, rocking gently up and down with the waves swirling back and forth across the white letters of her name. Eleven of her crew had been drowned; nearly all of them young men in their early twenties. Only two were over thirty-two, and some, like the bosom, were hardly out of their teens. Months after the wreck, the cargo was found strewed over the shores form Lands End to Marazion. The goods were particularly useful for local people, who used them in a variety of ingenious ways. Description from Richard Larn and Clive Carter, Cornish Shipwrecks: The South Coast (Newton Abbot: David & Charles, 1971), p.215-218. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Richards Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Cabinet Glass Negative Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Morrab library Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Morrab library Subject The topic of the resource Shipwreck 1951-1970 Seafaring and shipping Wrecks https://photoarchive.morrablibrary.org.uk/files/original/Richards_Collection/11975/WRECKS_32CG_163.tif 4464e44af662d82167eed624677fc30b Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Richards Collection Description An account of the resource The Richards Collection represents the work of one Penzance family of professional photographers over several generations - from the early 1850s until the late 1970s. It consists of several thousand negatives, glass plates and prints, covering everything intrinsic to Cornish life from fishing to flower picking and graphic views of shipwrecks as well as portraits of the people of Penzance and surrounding areas. Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Street Name J Duncan Damaged? Is the item damaged? Select Yes or No then describe in the "Condition" field. Yes Condition Record observations about the condition or conservation of the item, e.g. any damage (e.g. cracked, broken or chipped glass negative). top left corner broken off Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context WRECKS 32CG 163 Title A name given to the resource J Duncan coal ship, aground at Carn Guthen Bras Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1913 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Lands End Description An account of the resource All the crew were rescued by the Sennen Cove Lifeboat but the ship was a total loss Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Richards Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Cabinet Glass Negative Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Morrab library Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Morrab library 1911-1930 Seafaring and shipping Wrecks https://photoarchive.morrablibrary.org.uk/files/original/Richards_Collection/11974/WRECKS_32CG_162.tif 741bf20c1609a11143f67804ab097411 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Richards Collection Description An account of the resource The Richards Collection represents the work of one Penzance family of professional photographers over several generations - from the early 1850s until the late 1970s. It consists of several thousand negatives, glass plates and prints, covering everything intrinsic to Cornish life from fishing to flower picking and graphic views of shipwrecks as well as portraits of the people of Penzance and surrounding areas. Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Street Name Eureka Damaged? Is the item damaged? Select Yes or No then describe in the "Condition" field. Yes Condition Record observations about the condition or conservation of the item, e.g. any damage (e.g. cracked, broken or chipped glass negative). scratched Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context WRECKS 32CG 162 Title A name given to the resource Eureka, Brixham Trawler , ashore Lariggan ,Penzance Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1938 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Penzance Description An account of the resource 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 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Richards Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Cabinet Glass Negative Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Morrab library Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Morrab library Subject The topic of the resource Shipwreck 1931-1950 Seafaring and shipping Wrecks