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Damage to the Penzance Promenade in the Ash Wednesday storm of 1962. 1962..

Wreck of the William Cory off Pendeen 1910. 1910..

The Suevic was homeward bound from Australia, carried a crew of 141, plus 382 passengers, and one stowaway; her cargo was general, and included frozen meats, butter, and copper bars.

She was on her way to Liverpool via Plymouth when an error of…

'Nefeli' ex 'Osborne Queen' wrecked off Dollar Cove, 5th November 1972, the Lizard due to fire destroying the radar, she became a total loss

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…

The Primrose was a Liverpool coaster, 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…

T French crabber, Pasteur, became stranded on the Hanjague Rock on the 12th September 1938. She became stranded when the wind dropped and she drifted ashore, fortunately to be refloated on the next high tide.Description of wreck, from Richard Larn,…

Wreck of the 'Torrey Canyon' on the Seven Stones group of Prints.

Newlyn Harbour c1950 . 1950.. Canners slip with boat Cornish Canners Ltd pilchard factory

Aerial View of Penzance before the harbour was filled in c1950. 1950..

Lighthouse Bishop Rock Scilly at Dusk. 1932..

Aerial View St Michaels Mount. c. 1950..

Aerial View of Penzance Promenade and environs from Wherrytown towards the Jubilee bathing pool. c. 1950..

Aerial View of Penzance Promenade and environs from Alexandra Road to Morrab Road very clear. c. 1930..

Modern (1980) coloured post-card of the Seamens Mission Newlyn and war memorial. 1980..

DVD of photos of taken by Penwith D C of conservation area STORED WITH PHOTOS IN 'M' DRAWER.
NO NEGATIVE OR PRINT

Coloured photo of tug Hamburg one of the FairPlay group alongside a Light-vessel which has probably been in dry dock
for over haul and painting.

Two post-card aerial views of Penzance Harbour. c. 1977

Buildings at the Narrows still present.

Post card Aerial view of Mousehole from the sea post 1920. c. 1950..