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  • Collection: Richards Collection

WRECKS 32HF 110.tif
she was being towed to a scrapyard but broke her tow and drifted at Prussia Cove finally went ashore at St Michael's Mount and broke up.

WRECKS 32HF 111.tif
Crew members didn't hear warning rockets. All crew saved

WRECKS 32HF 112.tif
Crew members didn't hear warning rockets. All crew saved Breeches Buoy

WRECKS 32HF 113.tif
Crew members didn't hear warning rockets. All crew saved , note the lines ot townsmen pulling on ropes ,possibly to steady the ship or Breeches Buoy

WRECKS 32HF 113 A.tif
Crew members didn't hear warning rockets. All crew saved, Breeches Buoy

WRECKS 32HF 114.tif
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…

WRECKS 32HF 115.tif
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…

WRECKS 32HF 116.tif
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…

WRECKS 32PG 117.tif
The last large steamer wrecked at Cape Cornwall fell to the 4,538-ton Aida Lauro of Naples.

She had been launched in July 1923 by the Richardson Dock Company of Stockton as the Randor, for the Cardigan Shipping Company, and was a steel screw…

WRECKS 32PG 118.tif
The last large steamer wrecked at Cape Cornwall fell to the 4,538-ton Aida Lauro of Naples.

She had been launched in July 1923 by the Richardson Dock Company of Stockton as the Randor, for the Cardigan Shipping Company, and was a steel screw…

WRECKS 32PG 119.tif
The last large steamer wrecked at Cape Cornwall fell to the 4,538-ton Aida Lauro of Naples.

She had been launched in July 1923 by the Richardson Dock Company of Stockton as the Randor, for the Cardigan Shipping Company, and was a steel screw…

WRECKS 32PG 120.tif
The last large steamer wrecked at Cape Cornwall fell to the 4,538-ton Aida Lauro of Naples.

She had been launched in July 1923 by the Richardson Dock Company of Stockton as the Randor, for the Cardigan Shipping Company, and was a steel screw…

WRECKS 32PG 121.tif
The last large steamer wrecked at Cape Cornwall fell to the 4,538-ton Aida Lauro of Naples.

She had been launched in July 1923 by the Richardson Dock Company of Stockton as the Randor, for the Cardigan Shipping Company, and was a steel screw…

WRECKS 32PG 122.tif
Six members of the crew were lost

WRECKS 32PG 123.tif
Six members of the crew were lost

WRECKS 32PG 124.tif
six members of the crew were lost

SERV 24PF 100.tif
Note Trophy and Uniform wearing puttees

SERV 24PF 101.tif
Note Swords and very special Trophy

WRECKS 32PG 125.tif
Six members of the crew were lost
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