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Mary James, Penzance

Fishing vessel Nor-Nor in Holman's Dry Dock

Liverpool pilot boat joins Mauritania on return journey from Bombay.

Sister Ship of Titanic 46439 Tons 852ft 22 Knots.
BUILT BY HARLAND & WOLFF 1911-1935
At the time of the photo it was the biggest liner.

53in Radio Controlled Model. Took 2 years to build from plans from Robb Caledon of Leith

After unloading a large transformer

Marines blew up the wreck

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…

PREVREF 1044 Duplicate of this Photo

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…