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Scilly Isles, Figure heads, Tresco
The area known as ''Valhalla'' on Tresco featuring the collection of Ship's figureheads and ornamental timbers on display there which were salved from various shipwrecks
Enterprise, wrecked on Lelant, September 11th 1903
On September 11 1903, the Hayle Lifeboat crew had a dangerous and unnecessary trip out to the derelict Beaumaris schooner Enterprise.
The Enterprise [Enterprize] (1846) was bound from Charlestown, USA, to Manchester with a cargo of china clay…
The Enterprise [Enterprize] (1846) was bound from Charlestown, USA, to Manchester with a cargo of china clay…
Earl of Arran, July 16th 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…
Cromdale, wrecked on Bass Point, 1913
The Cromdale came ashore at at Bass Point, after a one hundred and twenty-dour day journey from Taltal, Chile with a cargo of Nitrates. She was already a week overdue at Falmouth when, nearing the Lizard, she ran into dense fog on the evening of May…
Cromdale, wrecked on Bass Point 1913
The Cromdale came ashore at at Bass Point, after a one hundred and twenty-dour day journey from Taltal, Chile with a cargo of Nitrates. She was already a week overdue at Falmouth when, nearing the Lizard, she ran into dense fog on the evening of May…
Cromdale, wrecked on Bass Point, 1913
The Cromdale came ashore at at Bass Point, after a one hundred and twenty-dour day journey from Taltal, Chile with a cargo of Nitrates. She was already a week overdue at Falmouth when, nearing the Lizard, she ran into dense fog on the evening of May…
Cromdale, wrecked on Bass Point, 1913.
The Cromdale came ashore at at Bass Point, after a one hundred and twenty-dour day journey from Taltal, Chile with a cargo of Nitrates. She was already a week overdue at Falmouth when, nearing the Lizard, she ran into dense fog on the evening of May…
Cromdale, Wreck on Bass Point 1913
The Cromdale came ashore at at Bass Point, after a one hundred and twenty-dour day journey from Taltal, Chile with a cargo of Nitrates. She was already a week overdue at Falmouth when, nearing the Lizard, she ran into dense fog on the evening of May…
Cragoswald, Wrecked April 28th 1911.
The Cragoswald of Newcastle was a 2,085-ton Steamer. She had sailed from Barry in the early house of April 28th 1911, bound for Venice with 4,800 tons of coal, but when twelve hours out her chief engineer was taken seriously ill and Captain Albert…
Clan Malcolm, wrecked at Mulvin Rock, September 26th 1935
The 5,994-ton Clan lines steamer Clam Malcolm of Glasgow, wrecked at Green lane at 9pm on September 26th while bound from Port Natal via London to Glashow.
Dense fog cloaked the headland at the time, and the coastguards were unaware of the wreck…
Dense fog cloaked the headland at the time, and the coastguards were unaware of the wreck…
Clan Malcolm, wrecked at Mulvin Rock, September 26th 1935
The 5,994-ton Clan lines steamer Clam Malcolm of Glasgow, wrecked at Green lane at 9pm on September 26th while bound from Port Natal via London to Glashow.
Dense fog cloaked the headland at the time, and the coastguards were unaware of the wreck…
Dense fog cloaked the headland at the time, and the coastguards were unaware of the wreck…
Castleford, wrecked at Crebawethan, 1887
The Castleford was carrying 3000 tons of general cargo, including deal and wheat, as well as 460 head of cattle, 1 passenger and 18 cattle drovers. On Sunday 8 June 1887 the Castleford was underway in dense fog and at high water. Despite stopping to…
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,…
Bessie, Liverpool Steam Collier, Wrecked in Carbis Bay, November 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…
Bessie hit the western side of the Hayle Estuary and fortunately floated off and was carried by the wind and…
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…
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…
Ansgir, wrecked at Penzer Point, December 12th 1920
One of the largest ships to wreck on the Cornish Coast, the Ansgir, was one of many vessels of the German Merchant Marine.
Completed a dew weeks after the Armistice of 1918, she was created by A K Ges Neptune of Rostock, on the Baltic. She was a…
Completed a dew weeks after the Armistice of 1918, she was created by A K Ges Neptune of Rostock, on the Baltic. She was a…
Alexander Yeats, Wrecked at Gurnard's Head, September 25th 1896.
This photograph shows the ship aground the Greeb, near Perranuthanoe in Mounts Bay
Alexander Yeats, Wrecked 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…
Alexander Yeats, Wrecked 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…