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  • Collection: Collins Shipwreck Collection

Collins.199_edited-1.tif
German Ship carrying anthracite from cardiff to Ostend, ran ashore close to Gurnard's Head near Land's End, Cornwall.
Fortunately they were seen by HM Coastguard Station and all six crew and the Captain's dog were all safely rescued by breeches…

COLLINS.220.tif
Stranded 21-30 Monday 21.01.80 later towed off and scrapped

COLLINS.2A.tif
The Abertay was a 599-ton steel screw, schooner rigged steamer. Owned by Bois et Chabois of Lorient and bound for Barry with a cargo of pit wood. Launched in 1888 by W. Simon & Company of Renfrew.


She had sailed from France thirty-six hours…

COLLINS.2B.tif
The Abertay was a 599-ton steel screw, schooner rigged steamer. Owned by Bois et Chabois of Lorient and bound for Barry with a cargo of pit wood. Launched in 1888 by W. Simon & Company of Renfrew.

She had sailed from France thirty-six hours…

COLLINS.3A.tif
Ex Admiralty Barge on Battery Rocks, Penzance.
One of a series of six.

COLLINS.3B.tif
Ex Admiralty Launch ashore on Battery Rocks, Penzance.
One of a series of six.

COLLINS.3C.tif
Ex Admiralty Barge on Battery Rocks, Penzance.
One of a series of six.

COLLINS.3D.tif
Ex Admiralty Barge on Battery Rocks, Penzance.
One of a series of six.

COLLINS.3E.tif
Ex Admiralty Barge on Battery Rocks, Penzance.
One of a series of six.

COLLINS.3F.tif
Ex Admiralty Barge on Battery Rocks, Penzance.
One of a series of six.

COLLINS.4A.tif
When the Adolf Vinnen came ashore in 1923 she was a new ship, only nine day out of her builders hands. Owned by Vinnens of Bremen, she was one of five steel, five-masted auxiliary schooners built by Krupps of Kiel between 1922-23. Of over 2,000 tons…

COLLINS.4B.tif
When the Adolf Vinnen came ashore in 1923 she was a new ship, only nine day out of her builders hands. Owned by Vinnens of Bremen, she was one of five steel, five-masted auxiliary schooners built by Krupps of Kiel between 1922-23. Of over 2,000 tons…

COLLINS.4C.tif
When the Adolf Vinnen came ashore in 1923 she was a new ship, only nine day out of her builders hands. Owned by Vinnens of Bremen, she was one of five steel, five-masted auxiliary schooners built by Krupps of Kiel between 1922-23. Of over 2,000 tons…

COLLINS.5A.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…

COLLINS.5B.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…

COLLINS.5C.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…

COLLINS.5D.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…

COLLINS.6A.tif
Richards 6x6F 32/199-204
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