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Cromdale, Wrecked on Bass Rocks 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…
County of Salop, March 10th 1892.
The 1,835 ton- Liverpool Collier County of Salop, Master Evan, was in water ballast from Le Harve to the Mersey before coming ashore at Watson Mouth, at 14:00 pm on March 10th 1892.
The collier, launched at Barrow in 1882, was demolished for…
The collier, launched at Barrow in 1882, was demolished for…
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…
Cecilia, wrecked at Porthminster Beach, St. Ives, January 25th 1935.
The Bideford ketch Cecilia became the last sailing ship to be wrecked in St. Ives Bay. Manned by Captain Frederick Bennett of Ilfracombe, and his sons John and Arthur, she broke loose while discharging coal from Lydney alongside Smeatons Pier during…
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…
Busby, wrecked at Pendeen on June 23nd 1894.
The 2,070-ton Busby was launched in February 1894 at Stockton as a steel screw schooner-rigged steamer for the general Indian trade of Ropner & Co of West Hartlepool. She had made only one Indian voyage when she sailed from Newport on the evening 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…
Bessemer City, wrecked October 31st 1936
The American steamer Bessemer City wrecked at Clodgy in 1936, was launched in 1921 by the Chickasaw Shipbuilding Company of Alabama for the US Steel Production Company.
She was steel screw steamer of 3,450 tons net, 5,686 tons gross, powered by…
She was steel screw steamer of 3,450 tons net, 5,686 tons gross, powered by…
Bencoolen, wrecked at Bude October 21st 1862.
The 1,415-tons wooden full-rigger Bencoolen, launched at St. Johns, New Brunswick in 1855. She was one of the large fleet of Bengal traders owned and managed by Edward Bates & Co of Liverpool.
She was apparently a well-found ship, seaworthy and…
She was apparently a well-found ship, seaworthy and…
Baltic, Wrecked on St. Clements Island, November 1st 1907.
The Sailing barge Baltic was bound for Newlyn from Medway with a cargo of cement for the harbour extension works. It wrecked on St. Clements Island on November 1st 1907. The Baltic got off course after rounding the Lizard. The night was so dark and…
Avebury, wrecked at Lamorna, 1884
The Avebury was a Sunderland Steamer that was heading between Lisbon and Cardiff with a cargo of Iron ore and esparto grass (used for crafting).
The Avebury missed Land's End completely in fog and steamed on the rocks less than a quarter of a mile…
The Avebury missed Land's End completely in fog and steamed on the rocks less than a quarter of a mile…
SS 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…
Andromeda, wrecked on Killygerran Head, February 13th 1915.
The Andromeda was a 1,762-ton, four master barque that wrecked at Killygerran Head. She had been launched in 1890 by Duncans of Glasgow but in the later had been sold to Black & More of London. She had arrived off Falmouth 116 days out from…
Albert Wilhelm, wrecked at the Lelant, October 16th 1886.
Th Albert Wilhelm was a 202-ton German brigade of Barth, with Master Wallace, wrecked on October 16th 1886. The vessel was launched by Drossel of Zingst in 1856
She was two days out from Ramsey, Isle of Man, in ballast to Fowey, clipped the Stones…
She was two days out from Ramsey, Isle of Man, in ballast to Fowey, clipped the Stones…
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…
Abertay (right) and South America (Left), October 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…
South America (Left) and Abertay (Right) in collision thick fog, St. Loy, October 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…