On March 4th 1932, the steamer Ocklinge was lost in the same place as the French Collier Gap, as there seemed no reason of weather or visibility for her to have got so far off course.
She had been towed into Falmouth early the same day by the…
The Belgian motor trawler Omer Denise went ashore on the opposite side of the Coverack Bay, at Perprean Cove. She was found next morning, stern first on the rocks, abandoned but with her engine still running. She broke up where she lay and her crew…
The City of Cardiff was on passage from Dartmouth to Barry Roads in ballast when it was forced shore in heavy weather on 21 March 1912. Despite laying anchors to prevent the ship being driven further in shore under the cliffs, the cables broke and…
The City of Cardiff was on passage from Dartmouth to Barry Roads in ballast when it was forced shore in heavy weather on 21 March 1912. Despite laying anchors to prevent the ship being driven further in shore under the cliffs, the cables broke and…
The Belgian Motor trawler, Vierge Marie of Ostend was a 200 ton vessel. She was on her way into Newlyn after developing engine trouble off Pendeen the previous afternoon, and there had been no warning of how close the weather had brought her to the…
The Belgian Motor trawler, Vierge Marie of Ostend was a 200 ton vessel. She was on her way into Newlyn after developing engine trouble off Pendeen the previous afternoon, and there had been no warning of how close the weather had brought her to the…
Another view from the cliff of the Belgian trawler ashore after thick fog at Gurnard's Head, Zennor, near St Ives.
All the crew were saved except for the fifteen year old cabin boy.
See also WRECKS 32HG 066.
Another view from the cliff of the Belgian trawler ashore after thick fog at Gurnard's Head, Zennor, near St Ives.
All the crew were saved except for the fifteen year old cabin boy.
See also WRECKS 32HG 066.
View from the cliff of the Belgian trawler ashore after thick fog at Gurnard's Head, Zennor, near St Ives.
All the crew were saved except for the fifteen year old cabin boy.
The lifeboat from St Ives (on loan from Padstow) attempted to rescue the crew of the SS Wilton but was grounded at Godrevy Point. There was only one survivor, William Freeman of the lifeboat. Altogether 36 lives were…
The lifeboat from St Ives (on loan from Padstow) attempted to rescue the crew of the SS Wilton but was grounded at Godrevy Point. There was only one survivor, William Freeman of the lifeboat. Altogether 36 lives were…
The lifeboat from St Ives (on loan from Padstow) attempted to rescue the crew of the SS Wilton but was grounded at Godrevy Point. There was only one survivor, William Freeman of the lifeboat. Altogether 36 lives were…
The lifeboat from St Ives (on loan from Padstow) attempted to rescue the crew of the SS Wilton but was grounded at Godrevy Point. There was only one survivor, William Freeman of the lifeboat. Altogether 36 lives were…
The lifeboat from St Ives (on loan from Padstow) attempted to rescue the crew of the SS Wilton but was grounded at Godrevy Point. There was only one survivor, William Freeman of the lifeboat. Altogether 36 lives were lost.
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In 1939, the John and Sarah Eliza Stych lifeboat from St Ives (on loan from Padstow) launched with an 8-man crew, in a violent gale, to the aid of an unknown vessel (the SS Wilton). During the storm the lifeboat capsized and self-righted three times,…