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Cecilia , ketch ashore at Porthgwidden 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…
Men examining damaged deck of fishing boat
Fishermen, accompanied by smartly dressed man in suit, examining damaged deck of fishing boat
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…
English L1 Submarine wrecked at Carn Gloose
The submarine broke away from the tug taking her to scrapyard and came ashore
Sailing Ship Ross Bridge Steam RollerThis Schooner is the" Leon Burau."
The vessel is the Leon Bureau, a three masted sailing Schooner in Penzance floating dock.
The Schooner Leon Bureau of Nantes was carrying 2,600 tons of wheat from Adelaide to Falmouth.
On June 18th 1909, she hit the northern end of the rocks,…
The Schooner Leon Bureau of Nantes was carrying 2,600 tons of wheat from Adelaide to Falmouth.
On June 18th 1909, she hit the northern end of the rocks,…
Anchor shaped wreath for drowned Spanish sailors
Wreath for drwned crew of Spanish coaster Juan Ferrer.
The Juan Ferrer of Valencia was a handsome, well-equipped motor coaster of nearly 700 tons, thrashing her way up towards Land's end on her usual run from her home port of Liverpool.
Owned by…
The Juan Ferrer of Valencia was a handsome, well-equipped motor coaster of nearly 700 tons, thrashing her way up towards Land's end on her usual run from her home port of Liverpool.
Owned by…
Catholic Priest blessing coffins of Spanish crew
The Juan Ferrer of Valencia was a handsome, well-equipped motor coaster of nearly 700 tons, thrashing her way up towards Land's end on her usual run from her home port of Liverpool.
Owned by Frederick Ferrer of Valencia, the Juan Ferrer was only…
Owned by Frederick Ferrer of Valencia, the Juan Ferrer was only…
SS Abertay SS South America aground same night, 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…
W M Cory wrecked SW Pendeen Light, 1910
2660 GRT built by S P Austin Sunderland owned by Cory Colliery
Spanish Coaster Juan Ferrer wrecked Carn Boscawn, October 23rd 1963
The Juan Ferrer of Valencia was a handsome, well-equipped motor coaster of nearly 700 tons, thrashing her way up towards Land's end on her usual run from her home port of Liverpool.
Owned by Frederick Ferrer of Valencia, the Juan Ferrer was only…
Owned by Frederick Ferrer of Valencia, the Juan Ferrer was only…
Admiralty Pinnace ashore Battery Rocks Penzance, 1971
also see COLLINS.3A, WRECKS 32OF 196
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…
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…