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Republique wrecked with 'Star of the Ocean'. Resource held under COLLINS.189 - Star of the Ocean
Appears with 'Star of the Ocean'
River Lune, Isles of Scilly, 1879
"On July 27th 1879, the 1,172 ton grow iron barque River Lune of Liverpool, in ballast from Lorient to Ardrossen in Scotland. The vessel was built in 1868, owned by John Hargrove of Chapel Street, Liverpool.
The barque was then to run ashore on…
The barque was then to run ashore on…
Rock Island Bridge
Print and negative
Romney, H.M.S.
H.M.S Romney was one of the four Naval warships that made up the Scilly Naval disaster of 1707.
On October 22nd 1707, Admiral Sir Cloudesley Shovell, and some 2,000 officers and men of the Royal Navy met their deaths when H.M.S Association,…
On October 22nd 1707, Admiral Sir Cloudesley Shovell, and some 2,000 officers and men of the Royal Navy met their deaths when H.M.S Association,…
Rosalia
Wrecked in thick fog.
Popeye
Print and Negative
Barque Saluto, December 8th 1911.
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…
Samantha
Print on card plus negative
Sand Wyven
Print and negative
Scotia, wrecked at Bude, May 1911.
The Trawler, Scotia, wrecked at Bude due to fog in May 1911.
Description from Clive Carter, Cornish Shipwrecks: The North Coast (London: Penn Books Ltd, 1970), p.162.
Description from Clive Carter, Cornish Shipwrecks: The North Coast (London: Penn Books Ltd, 1970), p.162.
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…
Serica
The Serica, a fine steel screw, schooner-rigged steamer of 1,736 tons register. Her last voyage began at Cardiff on November 16th 1893, when she sailed for Port Said with a crew of twenty-five and a cargo of coal.
Bad weather was encountered the…
Bad weather was encountered the…
Simone Marcel
Pront and negative
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, Cadgwith, 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…