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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…
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…
Aida Lauro, wrecked at Kenidjack, June 30th 1937.
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…
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…
Aida Lauro, wrecked at Kenidjack, June 30th 1937.
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…
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…
Aida Lauro, wrecked at Kenidjack, June 30th 1937.
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…
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…
Adolf Vinnen, wrecked at Housel Bay, Lizard, February 23rd 1923.
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…
Adolf Vinnen, wrecked at Housel Bay, Lizard, February 23rd 1923.
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…
Abertay, October 14th 1912.
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…
She had sailed from France thirty-six hours…
Voorspoed, wrecked at Perran, 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…
Vierge Marie, Wrecked at Lamorna, January 13th 1937.
The Belgian Motor trawler, Vierge Marie of Ostend was a 200 ton vessel. She was on her way into Newlyn after developing engine trouble off Pendeen the previous afternoon, and there had been no warning of how close the weather had brought her to the…
Torbay Lass, Wrecked on the Cressars, off Penzance Pier December 8th 1891.
The Brixham Trawler, Torbay Lass, was wrecked on the Cressars, Penzance Pier on December 8th 1891.
She was in tow from the Mount, where she had just unloaded coal from Runcorn to Penzance. But the tug Merlin, skippered by a local shipwright…
She was in tow from the Mount, where she had just unloaded coal from Runcorn to Penzance. But the tug Merlin, skippered by a local shipwright…
Taycraig, January 27th 1936
The Taycraig was a Cornish owned steamer. She was originally registered in London.
On January 27th 1936, she dragged her anchors in a south-west gale and wrapped herself around the tall post-and-cage beacon which marks the Gear Rocks, just off…
On January 27th 1936, she dragged her anchors in a south-west gale and wrapped herself around the tall post-and-cage beacon which marks the Gear Rocks, just off…
Suevic, Wrecked at the Lizard, March 1907
The Suevic was homeward bound from Australia, carried a crew of 141, plus 382 passengers, and one stowaway; her cargo was general, and included frozen meats, butter, and copper bars.
She was on her way to Liverpool via Plymouth when an error of…
She was on her way to Liverpool via Plymouth when an error of…
St. Guenole, wrecked at Gribba Point, November 1st 1948
Eleven years passed, and the tragedy of the Vierge Marie was repeated. Again, it was the usual 'wreck weather' for the western cliffs: hazy with heavy ground seas, the aftermath of a hard south-west gale. Shortly after one o'clock in the morning of…
St Anne, Wrecked at Porthleven, Mount's Bay, November 3rd 1931
The little French Schooner, St Anne was the last to be embayed and wrecked at Mount's Bay.
It was tossed ashore on Porthleven Beach by a south-west gale on November 3rd 1931. She had sailed from Cardiff the previous morning, homeward bound to…
It was tossed ashore on Porthleven Beach by a south-west gale on November 3rd 1931. She had sailed from Cardiff the previous morning, homeward bound to…