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Renwick, a Newcastle Collier went ashore at Gyllyngvase, Falmouth in February 26th 1903
The 800-ton Newcastle Collier, Renwick, was in ballast from Devonport to Burryport before she dragged ashore at Gyllyngvase during a south-westerly gale on February 26th 1903. By the morning, her stem had been torn off and the hull flooded. Captain…
Reginald
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…
Rarau
On the 29th September 1976, the Romanian fish-factory ship wrecked at Seven Stones. The vessel later sank but all the crew were rescued.
Primrose, Wrecked in Mount's Bay on August 3rd 1906.
The Primrose was a Liverpool coaster and collier who wrecked on August 3rd 1906.She rammed her bows on the reef in thick fog and by the morning her stern had risen twenty feet in the air, poised for her final plunge into deep water. Description from…
Ponus, wrecked between Swanpool and Gyllyngvase on November 3rd 1916.
The 5,077-ton tanker, Ponus, which was laden with crude oil, went ashore on November 3rd 1916. She caught fire during the wreck and was alight for almost three days.
At the time, a number of so-called tankers were either converted cargo ships/…
At the time, a number of so-called tankers were either converted cargo ships/…
Poleire
The Cypriot motor-vessel Poleire of 2,300 tons, which struck the Little Kettle Rock, north-west of Tresco on 15 April 1970 in Dense Fog. It wrecked with a cargo of zinc ore, she was bound for Gdynia, Poland, from Ireland when she went ashore less…
Pindos, wrecked at Chynhalls, 1912
The Pindos launched in June 1890 by Williamson of Workington as the Eusemere, was a steel, four-masted barque of 2,354 tons net and 2,512 gross, built for the firm of Fisher & Sprott of London.
In 1896 she was sold to B. Wencke & Company of…
In 1896 she was sold to B. Wencke & Company of…
Petrellen, Wrecked in Mounts Bay on February 1st 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…
Peace and Plenty Ketch with oared 'ARAB' lifeboat, both wrecked April 11th 1900
The Lowestoft trawling ketch, Peace and Plenty, wrecked on Doom Bar due to the combination of wind and tidal levels in April 11th 1900.
She dragged her anchors from Stepper on the northern shore of Padstow Bay during a hard WNW gale. In a never to…
She dragged her anchors from Stepper on the northern shore of Padstow Bay during a hard WNW gale. In a never to…
Omer Denise, wrecked at Coverack, September 19th 1931
The Belgian motor trawler Omer Denise went ashore on the opposite side of the Coverack Bay, at Perprean Cove. She was found next morning, stern first on the rocks, abandoned but with her engine still running. She broke up where she lay and her crew…
Ocklinge, wrecked at Coverack, March 4th 1932
On March 4th 1932, the steamer Ocklinge was lost in the same place as the French Collier Gap, as there seemed no reason of weather or visibility for her to have got so far off course.
She had been towed into Falmouth early the same day by the…
She had been towed into Falmouth early the same day by the…
Normand, wrecked at Kennack, April 2nd 1914.
The 100-ton steamer, Normande of Bayonne that was going from Nantes to Fowey in ballast went ashore on April 2nd 1914.
It was very foggy at the time, but the crew managed to scramble ashore, to be found the next morning by a Mr Martin, a local…
It was very foggy at the time, but the crew managed to scramble ashore, to be found the next morning by a Mr Martin, a local…
Mosel, wrecked at Bass Point, Lizard on August 9th 1882.
The Mosel was a steamer owned by Norddeutscher Lloyd Line.
She had been plying across the North Atlantic with migrants from Bremen to New York, via Southampton, for almost nine years. In 1875, two years after her launch, a bomb planted on board…
She had been plying across the North Atlantic with migrants from Bremen to New York, via Southampton, for almost nine years. In 1875, two years after her launch, a bomb planted on board…
S.S Minnehaha, 1910
The S.S Minnehaha was a 13,443 tons gross Atlantic Transport Company steam liner that went aground on the eastern side of Scilly Rock at 12:50 on April 18th 1910. The Minnehaha was built and registered in Belfast by Harland & Wolf I 1900. On passage…
Minnehaha
The Minnehaha of Liverpool wrecked at Peninnis Head, between the point and Pulpit Rock on January 18th 1874.
This was the wooden, 845-ton vessel, was carrying a cargo of guano. Master Jones had reached Falmouth on January 16th 1874 from Peru. It…
This was the wooden, 845-ton vessel, was carrying a cargo of guano. Master Jones had reached Falmouth on January 16th 1874 from Peru. It…
HMS Medea, wrecked at Doom Bar, January 28th 1939
The only visible wreckage on the Doom Bar is the bottom tanks and plating of the minelayer HMS Medea, wrecked on January 28th 1939 during the hurricane which destroyed the Glasgow Collier Winston near Zennor.
The 540-ton Medea, launched in 1915…
The 540-ton Medea, launched in 1915…
Mary Hannah, Wrecked at Tolcarne in February 4th 1899.
The Mary Hannah was on passage from Cardiff to Plymouth with a cargo of coal.
Disabled after the main boom was damaged in a huge sea and gale off the Lizard, she headed for Newlyn but was unable to enter the harbour and ran ashore at Tolcarne.…
Disabled after the main boom was damaged in a huge sea and gale off the Lizard, she headed for Newlyn but was unable to enter the harbour and ran ashore at Tolcarne.…
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…
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…