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The Vega was the first ship to complete a voyage through the Northeast Passage, and the first vessel to circumnavigate the Eurasian continent, during the Vega expedition. Initially a troubled enterprise, the successful expedition is considered to be…

SS Umbre ran aground at Pendeen ,. Detailed reports on:
https://wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?76121

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…

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The Paris left Southampton on 20 May 1899 with 380 passengers and 372 crew and collected a further 50 passengers from Cherbourg, then making passage to New York. The ship diverted to Eddystone and Lizard Lighthouses to get a navigational fix.…

The Paris left Southampton on 20 May 1899 with 380 passengers and 372 crew and collected a further 50 passengers from Cherbourg, then making passage to New York. The ship diverted to Eddystone and Lizard Lighthouses to get a navigational fix.…

The Paris left Southampton on 20 May 1899 with 380 passengers and 372 crew and collected a further 50 passengers from Cherbourg, then making passage to New York. The ship diverted to Eddystone and Lizard Lighthouses to get a navigational fix.…

The 3,534-ton Greek collier Othon Stathatos of Ithaki lurched into St. Ives bows awash after striking the Three Stone Oar in April 1913.

Description from Clive Carter, Cornish Shipwrecks: The North Coast (London: Pan Books LTD, 1970), p.34.

The 3,534-ton Greek collier Othon Stathatos of Ithaki lurched into St. Ives bows awash after striking the Three Stone Oar in April 1913.

Description from Clive Carter, Cornish Shipwrecks: The North Coast (London: Pan Books LTD, 1970), p.34.

Wreck of beached SS Ornais II

The 1200 ton collier Ornais II ( France) driven ashore at Perranuthnoe in hurricane-force winds. She was on her way from Le Havre to Port Talbot to pick up coal.

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SS Mina Cantiquin, Spanish Carho ship built 1906 ran aground in a storm at Black Head Rock near Coverack

17 crew members were saved by a British ship

Distant view of the ship, capsized and half-submerged in heavy surf with rocky coastline in background

SS Maoir at Cape Town just before she was wrecked.