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S.S.Benwick of Newcastle, wrecked at Porthcurno, 1903
Albumen print, top corners damaged
Marie Celine, wrecked at Porthscatho, January 19th 1901.
The French schooner MARIE CELINE, Blanchard master, sailed from Falmouth port yesterday for Gijon, with pitch, and during last night's gale went ashore near Portscatho, and likely to become a total wreck. Crew saved.
She was lying on rocks badly…
She was lying on rocks badly…
Voorspoed, Dutch barquentine ashore Perranporth, March 7th 1901
The 286-ton steel schooner Voorspoed of Amsterdam, W.K. machinery and general cargo, failed to weather Droskyn Point, in a fresh northerly gale on March 7th 1901.
Sampson Mitchell of Alma fame, hit her mainmast with the first rocket, and the…
Sampson Mitchell of Alma fame, hit her mainmast with the first rocket, and the…
Steam coaster Fleswick on Hayle bar, January 28th 1902
Albumen print; damage to top right corner
Plymouth trawler Reginald stranded at St. Mary's, 1902
The Plymouth Steam Trawler went ashore went ashore on Porth Hellick, St. Marys in 1902. The image shows how the crew were waiting for the eventual high tide to eventually re-float the vessel.
Description of wreck from Richard Larn, Cornish…
Description of wreck from Richard Larn, Cornish…
Seine wrecked at Perranporth, 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…
Brankelow, Wrecked at Gunwalloe, Lizard, April 21st 1890
The 1, 661-ton brigantine-rigged Brankelow of Liverpool was under charter to the Russian government, laden with coal from Cardiff to Kronstadt, when she grounded near Gunwalloe in a light south-westerly breeze and slight haze at 12:30 a.m on April…
Wandsbek stranded off Lizard Point, 1900
Albumen print; some damage to upper corners
Llandaff near Lands End, 1889
Albumen print
SS Paris, Wrecked at Coverack on May 21st 1899.
Albumen print
SS Ambre, wrecked Pendeen, 1899
Albumen print
Bluejacket stranded on Longships, November 9th 1898.
The Cardiff tramp, Bluejacket, struck the rocks sixty feet from the main door of the Longship Lighthouse on November 9th 1898. The wreck came at the end of a long tramping voyage which began on June 4th, under the command of Captain James Thomas,…
SS Mohegan
Albumen print
Abernyte, Iron barque, Kynance, May 8th 1898
The Abernyte was a 700-ton Glasgow iron barque. The master of the ship was Master Cardwell.
She wrecked on course from Caleta Buena to Falmouth with nitrates under Rill Head on May 8th 1898. Her crew rowed seawards, leaving the barque slowly…
She wrecked on course from Caleta Buena to Falmouth with nitrates under Rill Head on May 8th 1898. Her crew rowed seawards, leaving the barque slowly…
Alexander Yeats stranded at Gurnard's Head, September 25th 1896
The largest sailing ship lost anywhere between Land's End and St Ives was the Liverpool ship Alexander Yeats, launched in 1876 by D. Lynch of Portland, New Brunswick, as a wooden full-rigger of 1,589 tons.
Towards the end of her career she was…
Towards the end of her career she was…