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SERV 24PG 077.tif
Sennen lifeboat 'The Newbons' and its crew on the slipway

SERV 24 035.tif
Note early cork lifejackets ,ladies with collection boxes

RGN.008.tif
V. inscription: German Liner 14th (sic) May 1875
343 (sic) lost 45 saved.

Record of salvage efforts reported in The Times 9th August 1875 Page 9 and copied in Collins Book B

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SERV 24HG 021.tif
Photo of a photograph pinned to a board

M.954.tif
Lifeboat launching ropes and men ' Daphne Pearce' St Ives Lifeboat Station CP24.

SERV 24PG 075.tif
Sennen lifeboat 'The Newbons" beside the slip at the lifeboat station

WRECKS 32HG 036.tif
"DL Harper' largest ship in the world at the time, wrecked off Lizard. Mounted Mulvin Rock? (Crane Rocks, Caertillion Cove)
First off 5 passengers, including mother and baby.
Lifeboat rescued 38 crew next morning.
Ship was repaired and was…

SERV 24PG 076.tif
Lifeboat 'The Newbons' heading towards the Lifeboat Station

SERV 24PF 094.tif
Note cork life jackets Coxswain Vingoe

M.1706.tif
Light cruiser R.N. Diomedes having seen considerable Service between 1939-1945 whilst on the way to the scrap yard had drifted onto a reef off Larrigan beach Penzance whilst sheltering in the Bay. 08.05.1946.. refloated and continued journey to…

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MG.386.tif
Walled building by coast and rays of light
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