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Primrose, Wrecked on August 3rd 1906
The Primrose was a Liverpool coaster and Collier who wrecked on August 3rd 1906.
She rammed her bows on the reef in thick fog and by the morning her stern had risen twenty feet in the air, poised for her final plunge into deep water.…
She rammed her bows on the reef in thick fog and by the morning her stern had risen twenty feet in the air, poised for her final plunge into deep water.…
Rarau
On the 29th September 1976, the Romanian fish-factory ship wrecked at Seven Stones. The vessel later sank but all the crew were rescued.
Romeo
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Rosedale, wrecked at Porthminster Beach, St. Ives, November 17th 1893.
The 936-ton iron screw steamer Rosedale of London, master Dickson, was in water ballast from Southhampton to Cardiff. The Rosedale was demolished for scrap by J. Laing in 1896.
It wallowed past St. Ives pier and went broadside to Porthminster…
It wallowed past St. Ives pier and went broadside to Porthminster…
Rosedale, wrecked at Porthminster Beach, St. Ives, November 17th 1893.
The 936-ton iron screw steamer Rosedale of London, master Dickson, was in water ballast from Southhampton to Cardiff. The Rosedale was demolished for scrap by J. Laing in 1896.
It wallowed past St. Ives pier and went broadside to Porthminster…
It wallowed past St. Ives pier and went broadside to Porthminster…
Saluto, Wrecked on December 8th 1911 in Perranuthoe
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…
Account of Wreck from Cornishman Newspaper, December 9th 1911
"Watched by hundreds of spectators, the Norwegian Barque…
Seine, wrecked at Perran, December 27th 1900
The largest and best-known sailing-ship wreck in Perran Bay was the French nitrate clipper Seine, an elegant three masted steel barque of 2,630 tons gross launched in 1889 by La Porte of Rouen for the celebrated fleet of A.D Bordes et Fils of…
Seine, wrecked at Perran, December 27th 1900
The largest and best-known sailing-ship wreck in Perran Bay was the French nitrate clipper Seine, an elegant three masted steel barque of 2,630 tons gross launched in 1889 by La Porte of Rouen for the celebrated fleet of A.D Bordes et Fils of…
Seine, wrecked at Perran, December 27th 1900
The largest and best-known sailing-ship wreck in Perran Bay was the French nitrate clipper Seine, an elegant three masted steel barque of 2,630 tons gross launched in 1889 by La Porte of Rouen for the celebrated fleet of A.D Bordes et Fils of…
Shoreham
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Skyopelos Sky, wrecked at Trevose Head, December 15th 1979.
On Saturday December 15th 1979, HM Coastguard informed Padstow Lifeboat Station that the Skopelos Sky, a 2800 Greek freighter
was in trouble off Trevose Head. She was on route from Garston for Algiers with a cargo of drums of lubricating oil. The…
was in trouble off Trevose Head. She was on route from Garston for Algiers with a cargo of drums of lubricating oil. The…
Socoa, French full-rigged ship, wrecked on Craggan Rock, July 31st 1906.
The Steel masted, Socoa, of Bayonne stranded near Cadgwith in thick weather while on passage from Stettin to San Francisco.
She was carrying cement intended for the rebuilding of that earthquake-shattered city and 50,000 barrels of it had to be…
She was carrying cement intended for the rebuilding of that earthquake-shattered city and 50,000 barrels of it had to be…