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Info on back of card corrects written, sent to Cornishman Mr Harry Spensley's

Front row, 5th from left, is 'Dike' Jones who post-war taught mathematics at the Boy's Grammar School until his retirement c. 1956.

washed up in unidentified cove August 1st 1951

August 1st 1951

Alba steamer from Panama ran aground in bad weather January 31st 1935 ,six members of the crew were lost.
Note the wreckage of the lifeboat Caroline Parsons which was also wrecked during an abortive rescue attempt.

The Bideford ketch Cecilia became the last sailing ship to be wrecked in St. Ives Bay. Manned by Captain Frederick Bennett of Ilfracombe, and his sons John and Arthur, she broke loose while discharging coal from Lydney alongside Smeatons Pier during…

The 5,994-ton Clan lines steamer Clam Malcolm of Glasgow, wrecked at Green lane at 9pm on September 26th while bound from Port Natal via London to Glashow.

Dense fog cloaked the headland at the time, and the coastguards were unaware of the wreck…

After leaving Falmouth the ship struck the Runnelstone sustaining serious damage. She was towed to Porthcurno by tug Elliot and Jeffery but soon broke up November 4th 1895

went aground August 14th 1913
All crew were saved by th Sennen Cove lifeboat but the ship was a total loss.

Men and Women on an exercise Cornwall Division at control point

Sennen lifeboat 'The Brothers'

Sennen Lifeboat in Mount's Bay, with the Mount in the distance

A photograph taken from inside the lifeboat house of the launch of the Sennen lifeboat.

Sennen lifeboat 'The Newbons" beside the slip at the lifeboat station

Lifeboat 'The Newbons' heading towards the Lifeboat Station

Sennen lifeboat 'The Newbons' and its crew on the slipway

Sennen lifeboat 'The Newbons' and its crew photographed on the slipway of lifeboat station

The Coxswain of the Sennen lifeboat standing on the slipway with the harbour behind. Coxswain named as Edwin Chapple but with a query after