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Admiralty Barge ashore on unknown rocky cove, Lands End 1951
August 1st 1951
Alba steamer which ran aground St Ives and lifeboat Caroline Parsons . 1935
Alba steamer from Panama ran aground in bad weather January 31st 1935 ,six members of the crew were lost.
Note the wreckage of the lifeboat Caroline Parsons which was also wrecked during an abortive rescue attempt.
Note the wreckage of the lifeboat Caroline Parsons which was also wrecked during an abortive rescue attempt.
Cecilia , ketch ashore at Porthgwidden Beach, St Ives, January 25th 1935
The Bideford ketch Cecilia became the last sailing ship to be wrecked in St. Ives Bay. Manned by Captain Frederick Bennett of Ilfracombe, and his sons John and Arthur, she broke loose while discharging coal from Lydney alongside Smeatons Pier during…
Clan Malcolm, wrecked at Mulvin Rock, September 26th 1935
The 5,994-ton Clan lines steamer Clam Malcolm of Glasgow, wrecked at Green lane at 9pm on September 26th while bound from Port Natal via London to Glashow.
Dense fog cloaked the headland at the time, and the coastguards were unaware of the wreck…
Dense fog cloaked the headland at the time, and the coastguards were unaware of the wreck…
"Granite State" beached at Porthcurno, 1893
After leaving Falmouth the ship struck the Runnelstone sustaining serious damage. She was towed to Porthcurno by tug Elliot and Jeffery but soon broke up November 4th 1895
'J Duncan' aground at Carn Guthen Bras. 1913
went aground August 14th 1913
All crew were saved by th Sennen Cove lifeboat but the ship was a total loss.
All crew were saved by th Sennen Cove lifeboat but the ship was a total loss.
Civil Defence Corp during exercise
Men and Women on an exercise Cornwall Division at control point
Sennen Lifeboat out of Penzance dock
Sennen lifeboat 'The Brothers'
Sennen Lifeboat in Mounts Bay
Sennen Lifeboat in Mount's Bay, with the Mount in the distance
launch of Sennen Lifeboat
A photograph taken from inside the lifeboat house of the launch of the Sennen lifeboat.
Lifeboat mooring up by Lifeboat Station Sennen
Sennen lifeboat 'The Newbons" beside the slip at the lifeboat station
Lifeboat sailing towards Lifeboat Station
Lifeboat 'The Newbons' heading towards the Lifeboat Station
Lifeboat and crew
Sennen lifeboat 'The Newbons' and its crew on the slipway
Sennen Lifeboat and Crew on slipway
Sennen lifeboat 'The Newbons' and its crew photographed on the slipway of lifeboat station
Coxswain of the Sennen lifeboat
The Coxswain of the Sennen lifeboat standing on the slipway with the harbour behind. Coxswain named as Edwin Chapple but with a query after
Penlee Lifeboat on practice run out of Newlyn
Penlee Lifeboat out on practice
Four Firemen and Engine at former fire station
Four firemen and engine. The hand written index states that the fire station was in Clarence Street, Penzance. The logo on the engine, NFS, is the National Fire Service, created in 1941 during World War II by amalgamating the local authority fire…
Penzance Firemen and engine at former fire station
Firemen and engine at former fire station in Clarence Street, Penzance. Ben Perrin identified as 2nd from left. Fire engine registration nnumber is FCV 637 and in the background the front of a vehicle with the registration GXH 427 can be seen in the…
Members of the Fire Brigade in front of former station
Seven members of the fire brigade at the former fire station in Clarence Street, Penzance