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On October 15th 1889, the miners of St Just awoke to find the Cunarder Malta on the rocks, half a mile east of Cape Cornwall, beneath the Wheal Castle Mine.

The 2,244-ton Malta had been launched in 1865 by G. & J. Thompson of Glasgow for the…

The Mary Hannah was on passage from Cardiff to Plymouth with a cargo of coal.

Disabled after the main boom was damaged in a huge sea and gale off the Lizard, she headed for Newlyn but was unable to enter the harbour and ran ashore at Tolcarne.…

Formerly SS Cleopatra - renamed Mohegan

Wreck

Previously 'Osborne Queen'.

Previously 'Osborne Queen'.

Previously 'Osborne Queen'.

Previously 'Osborne Queen'.

Nurzec. Polish.
Off Aberdeen, Murcar Sands. 4 men drowned during rescue ops. Capt. Tym Bartczak saved.Ref Observer & the Sunday Mail,6/1/1974

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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.…

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.…

The 5,077-ton tanker, Ponus, which was laden with crude oil, went ashore on November 3rd 1916. She caught fire during the wreck and was alight for almost three days.

At the time, a number of so-called tankers were either converted cargo ships/…