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Paknam, Dutch Steamer wrecked at Pendeen, May 13th 1895.
On May 13th 1895, the 200-ton steel river steamer Paknam, Affray master.
Three days from the Clyde on her maiden voyage to Le Havre, then to French Tonkin, was wrecked in fog under Greeb Point.
Description from Clive Carter, Cornish…
Three days from the Clyde on her maiden voyage to Le Havre, then to French Tonkin, was wrecked in fog under Greeb Point.
Description from Clive Carter, Cornish…
SS Leputa ashore off Battery rocks, Penzance, 1895
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SS Saintonge stranded off Boskenna, 1895
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Busby, wrecked at Pendeen on June 23nd 1894.
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S.S Serica wrecked off St. Mary's, 1893
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…
SS Serica wrecked off St. Mary's, 1893
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…
Alliance and Golden Light ashore at Penzance, 1886
The ketch Alliance and Schooner Golden light were driven ashore at Chyandour on December 7th 1886. Both were from Penzance.
Description from Richard Larn and Clive Carter, Cornish Shipwrecks: The South Coast (Newton Abbot: David & Charles,…
Description from Richard Larn and Clive Carter, Cornish Shipwrecks: The South Coast (Newton Abbot: David & Charles,…
Dandy Alliance and schooner Golden Light driving ashore near Penzance, 7 or 8 Dec. 1886
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Henry Harvey, Wrecked on March 25th 1898
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Bessie, Liverpool Steam Collier, wrecked at Carbis Bay, Novemebr 18th 1893.
Bessie was on passage from Cardiff to Portland with a cargo of coal, when it became caught in a gale on the night of 18 November 1893. Bessie hit the western side of the Hayle Estuary and fortunately floated off and was carried by the wind and tide…
Maipu, Hell Bay, Isles of Scilly, 1879
The Liverpool barque, Maipu, was the largest sailing sailing shipped (being 594 tons gross) wrecked in Hell Bay. The Maipu was bound from Inquique, Chile, to Hamburg with a valuable cargo of saltpetre, she went ashore only a few hours prior to River…
Full-rigged ship Horsa, 1893
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…
Bay of Panama, wrecked at Nare Point, Lizard, March 10th 1891.
The Bay of Panama was a 2,282-ton, four masted, square-rigged steel ship, launched by Harland & Wolff at Belfast in 1883 and described as one of the finest sailing vessels ever built.
She left Calcutta on November 18th 1890 with 13,000 bales of…
She left Calcutta on November 18th 1890 with 13,000 bales of…
Earl of Arran, wrecked on Scilly, 1872.
The Auxiliary packet Earl of Arran ran ashore on Irishman's ledge on the July 16 1872. Built in Paisley in 1860 for the Ardrossen to Arran passenger run, the Earl of Arran served in the Clyde from 1860 until 1868, when she worked excursions between…
Steamer Scheldt, Pendeen, 1890
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Malta, wrecked at Botallack, October 14th 1889
On October 15th 1889, the miners of St Just awoke to find the Cunarder Malta on the rocks, half a mile east of Cape Cornwall, beneath the Wheal Castle Mine.
The 2,244-ton Malta had been launched in 1865 by G. & J. Thompson of Glasgow for the…
The 2,244-ton Malta had been launched in 1865 by G. & J. Thompson of Glasgow for the…
Petrellen, Barque Vessel, Mount's Bay, 31 Jan. 1885.
The Petrellen was a barque style sailing vessel of 335-tons.
On its homeward bound journey to Porsground, Norway, the vessel was driven on to the sand flats at Longrock. None of the crew was drowned. She had put into Mount's Bay for her chief…
On its homeward bound journey to Porsground, Norway, the vessel was driven on to the sand flats at Longrock. None of the crew was drowned. She had put into Mount's Bay for her chief…