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V. inscription: Wreck of (?) 'Patroclus' at Portland successfully salved. 13/21/9/07.
(Ref: DSA ii, 544)

Verso inscription: 1917-18 WWI
Hamburg Amerika Linnie (sic)
German Ships Interned in N York
Photo by Mr Stables (illeg.)

The Avebury was a Sunderland Steamer that was heading between Lisbon and Cardiff with a cargo of Iron ore and esparto grass (used for crafting).The Avebury missed Land's End completely in fog and steamed on the rocks less than a quarter of a mile…

Faint pencil inscription verso 'with fond love to dear Uncle & Auntie from Glynne'.
Albumin print

The 848-ton early Cunarder Balbec was wrecked on a the 28th March 1884.

She had left Liverpool the previous day on her regular run to Le Havre, loaded with hides, chemicals, and Manchester goods, with a crew of twenty-nine and five saloon…

Gem, was a double ended paddle steamer of Liverpool. The small ship was 400 tons gross and was owned by John Lander of Birkenhead.

Gem was on passage from Holyhead for the Brass River, Niger, Africa. She contained 37 tons of coal as ballast. Her…

Located on the property

Ornate gate posts

Period Grade II listed former farmhouse with a thatched roof

Location, Creeping Lane, back of Alverton, Penzance

"On July 27th 1879, the 1,172 ton grow iron barque River Lune of Liverpool, in ballast from Lorient to Ardrossen in Scotland. The vessel was built in 1868, owned by John Hargrove of Chapel Street, Liverpool.

The barque was then to run ashore on…

The Earl of Lonsdale, a steamer, was carrying beans and cotton seed from Alexandria to Portishead. . Owned by Thomas G. Dunford of Newcastle. The vessel was 1,543 tons gross and was built in North Shields, North Tyneside in 1872

The Earl of…

The Schiller, was a passenger steamer of 3,421 tons gross which sank on the May 7th 1875.The Schiller had left New York for Habsburg via Plymouth on April 27th 1875, carrying 250 bags of Australian and New Zealand mail, a valuable general cargo, and…