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Neptun Transport Tanker aground on beach
same wreck: see WRECK 6.002
Ship wrecked on rocks
same wreck: see WRECK 8.031
Crew of Wendur wrecked Seven Stones landing Pz
The crew of Wendur (a barque) which struck Seven Stones. The Glasgow sailing vessel struck the southern most rock of the Seven Stones Reef while carrying grain from Plymouth, Devon. Three of the 21 crew lost their lives. The formal inquiry, held in…
SS Western Front wrecked on Western Rocks, on fire, 1921
SS Western Front of Seattle, 5695 tons, built 1917, carrying naptha, turpentine and resin on fire off the Scillies. 40 crew rescued and brought ashore at St Marys by lifeboat Elsie.
Collier J Duncan wrecked near Tol Pedn, HMS Liffey, 1913
Wrecked near Top Pend Coastguard station. Bound from Cardiff to Devonport with 2200 tons of coal she grounded in fog. Seen in attendance H.M destroyer Liffey which was hove to awaiting clearance in Mount's Bay, also Sennen lifeboat and a local…
Paris wrecked at Coverack, May 21st 1899
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.…
Gai Floreal aground Zennor, 1962
crew landed using breeches
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…
Roques Triales only Survivor from SS Febrero struck Runnel Stone. 1910
J. Roque Triales, the only survivor from the S.S. Febrero which struck the Runnel Stone off Gwennap Head in June 1910 with a loss of 23 hands. Triales was found at Mill Bay or Nanjizal after being washed ashore on a raft and for some time no trace of…
Marble Blocks being saved from wreck of Petrel, 1886
Cargo of marble was saved by hoist-gear to the clifftop
Hemsley I, wrecked on rocks of Fox Cove, May 12th 1969
The British Merchant service tanker, Hemsley I wrecked at Fox Cove, May 12th 1969.
Launched of the Admiralty in November 1916 by the Tyne Shipbuilding Company of Newcastle, she remained the naval oiler Scotol until 1948 when she was bought by…
Launched of the Admiralty in November 1916 by the Tyne Shipbuilding Company of Newcastle, she remained the naval oiler Scotol until 1948 when she was bought by…
HMS Warspite on Rocks at Cudden Point, 1947
Warspite on tow to Breakers broke tow from Tug Buster
Hulk of Trawler Towey used in film Dracula, 1983
West end of beach near Cornish Leisure Centre
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…
