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Gunvor, wrecked at Coverack on April 6th 1912.
The 1,491 ton three masted, steel barque Gunvor of Fredrickstadt, Norway.
The Gunvor was lost at Pedn Boar on April 6th 1912, while on passage from Caleta to Falmouth with nitrates. So close inshore was she that her bowsprit overhung the rocks…
The Gunvor was lost at Pedn Boar on April 6th 1912, while on passage from Caleta to Falmouth with nitrates. So close inshore was she that her bowsprit overhung the rocks…
Golden Light, December 7th 1886.
The Schooner Golden light were driven ashore at Chyandour on December 7th 1886. The Schooner was from Penzance.
Description from Richard Larn and Clive Carter, Cornish Shipwrecks: The South Coast (Newton Abbot: David & Charles, 1971), p.178.
Description from Richard Larn and Clive Carter, Cornish Shipwrecks: The South Coast (Newton Abbot: David & Charles, 1971), p.178.
Glimt
Sepia tint photograph of illustration by C.M.Hart.
Glenbervie
Print area larger than scan bed.
Girl Annie
Account given at the inquest as reported in the Cornishman 1908-06-11
The stranding of the Lowestoft sailing trawler Girl Annie, near Pordenack Point, Land's End, on May 4th 1908, was investigated at a Board of Trade inquiry held at Lowestoft on…
The stranding of the Lowestoft sailing trawler Girl Annie, near Pordenack Point, Land's End, on May 4th 1908, was investigated at a Board of Trade inquiry held at Lowestoft on…
Giles Lang, wrecked at Bude November 8th 1896.
The Giles Lang, a 80-ton was a St. Ives schooner. Launched by Tredwen of Padstow in 1864, she had a chequered career, losing her skipper in one of several collisions off Lizard, and in May 1894 her crew had been rescued by lifeboat in Tranlee Bay.…
Fleswick, wrecked on Hayle bar, January 28th 1902
The Fleswick, launched at Troon in 1900, wrecked at Black cliff on January 28th 1902.
The lifeboat crew rescued six men and a pilot from the 195-ton Whitehaven coaster Fleswick which, inward bound from Neath, lay with decks awash off Black Cliff.…
The lifeboat crew rescued six men and a pilot from the 195-ton Whitehaven coaster Fleswick which, inward bound from Neath, lay with decks awash off Black Cliff.…
Eureka Brixham Trawler, Wrecked off Larrigan Rocks, 1934
The Eureka was a Brigham fishing vessel that wrecked on the rocks of Larrigan Beach in May 6th 1934.
The trawler, Registered Number BM 374, broke loose her Anchor in Newlyn Harbour coming ashore by the Bolitho Gardens, Lariggan Penzance.
The…
The trawler, Registered Number BM 374, broke loose her Anchor in Newlyn Harbour coming ashore by the Bolitho Gardens, Lariggan Penzance.
The…
Eri wrecked on White Island, St Martins, Isles of Scilly, 1869.
Eri, the English Schooner, wrecked on White Island on St Martins, Isles of Scilly, 1869.
Enterprise, wrecked 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…
Empire Grove, wrecked at Bude October 18th 1941.
The Empire Grove was a 320-ton Liverpool coaster, lost on her maiden voyage from Hayle to Llanelly in fog on October 18th 1941.
Description from Clive Carter, Cornish Shipwrecks: The North Coast (London: Penn Ltd, 1970), p.166.
Description from Clive Carter, Cornish Shipwrecks: The North Coast (London: Penn Ltd, 1970), p.166.