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Gunvor, wrecked at Coverack on April 6th 1912.
The 1,491 ton three masted, steel barque Gunvor of Fredrickstadt, Norway.
The Gunvor was lost at Pedn Boar on April 6th 1912, while on passage from Caleta to Falmouth with nitrates. So close inshore was she that her bowsprit overhung the rocks…
The Gunvor was lost at Pedn Boar on April 6th 1912, while on passage from Caleta to Falmouth with nitrates. So close inshore was she that her bowsprit overhung the rocks…
Hansy, wrecked at the Lizard 1911
The 1,597-ton steel ship, Hansy, launched at Dumbarton by Alexander Macmillan & Sons in 1885 as the Aberfoyle.
In the course of a somewhat chequered career, she had been picked up in Bass Strait, Tasmania in 1896 by a steamer which had found her…
In the course of a somewhat chequered career, she had been picked up in Bass Strait, Tasmania in 1896 by a steamer which had found her…
Henry Harvey, March 25th 1898
The Henry Harvey (1857) was bound from Runcorn to Lelant with a cargo of coal when it missed stays trying to enter Penzance in a NE gale and heavy seas on 25 March 1898. The anchor was dropped but the cable parted, and the ship drifted onto Woollan's…
Horsa
The Horsa of Liverpool sunk twenty-one miles south-west of the Bishop Rock on Tuesday 4 April 1893. It was the rocks in Bread and Cheese One, St. Martins which tore the holes in her plating.
Owned by Star Navigation Company of Liverpool, the…
Owned by Star Navigation Company of Liverpool, the…
Indefatigable, wrecked at Foundry Beach, St. Makes Castle on January 22nd 1910.
The Russian barque, Indefatigable wrecked on the January 22nd 1910 at St. Mawes Castles.
After being weather-bound at Falmouth for a week, she left harbour on January 22nd heading for Cardiff, in tow with the tug Challenge. Off Land's End the sea…
After being weather-bound at Falmouth for a week, she left harbour on January 22nd heading for Cardiff, in tow with the tug Challenge. Off Land's End the sea…
Industry, wrecked at the Doom Bar, September 12th 1912
The elderly Swansea brigantine, Industry, was run ashore while coal-laden from Britonferry to Treport on September 12th 1912. Four stalwarts, prizing the tobacco on board, decided on a raid.
One would engage the guard on Harlan bridge, lighting…
One would engage the guard on Harlan bridge, lighting…
Jeanne Gougy, Wrecked at Lands End, November 3rd 1962.
Shortly before 5 am and on November 3rd 1962, the coastguard on watch at Cape Cornwall saw the navigation lights of the 250-ton Dieppe trawler, Jeanne Gougy, about two miles offshore.
She was steering southwards and he was expecting the lights to…
She was steering southwards and he was expecting the lights to…
