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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…
SS Liberty on Rocks at Pendeen, 1952
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SS Yewcroft stranded at Perranuthnoe, July 1956
The 827-ton steam coaster, Yewcroft, bound from the Thames to Bristol with cement, wandered off course in dense fog and grounded near Cudden Point. A few hours later, as the tide ebbed from beneath her, she broke in half.
Description from Richard…
Description from Richard…
Dieppe Trawler Vert Prairal at Pend-men-an-mer, 1956
Total loss with all hands
Traction Engine towing salvaged Block of Marble, 1900
Marble from Wreck of Petrel 9th December 1886 bound from Leghorn to Leith. Blown ashore at Wine Cove 5 miles West of Padstow
Enterprise, beached at Lelant, September 11th 1903.
On September 11 1903, the Hayle Lifeboat crew had a dangerous and unnecessary trip out to the derelict Beaumaris schooner Enterprise.
The Enterprise [Enterprize] (1846) was bound from Charlestown, USA, to Manchester with a cargo of china clay when…
The Enterprise [Enterprize] (1846) was bound from Charlestown, USA, to Manchester with a cargo of china clay when…
Post Card of 'Othon Stathatos' sinking off St Ives, April 1913.
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.
Description from Clive Carter, Cornish Shipwrecks: The North Coast (London: Pan Books LTD, 1970), p.34.
Wreck of the 'Pasteur' Scilly Isles
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,…
Primrose, Wrecked inside Low Lee Buoy 23rd August 1906
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…
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…
Ansgir, wrecked off Mousehole, 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…
Coloured photo of 'Nefeli' ex 'Osborne Queen' wreck
'Nefeli' ex 'Osborne Queen' wrecked off Dollar Cove, 5th November 1972, the Lizard due to fire destroying the radar, she became a total loss
Suevic, wrecked on Maenheere rocks, The Lizard, March 15th 1907
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…
She was on her way to Liverpool via Plymouth when an error of…