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poor quality- Struck rocks at Wireless Point all 17 crew members were lost.

poor quality- Struck rocks at Wireless Point all 17 crew members were lost.

All 29 crew saved but a cat was marrooned on board for two days, eventually being rescued by a fishing boat.

she was being towed to a scrapyard but broke her tow and drifted at Prussia Cove finally went ashore at St Michael's Mount and broke up.

she was being towed to a scrapyard but broke her tow and drifted at Prussia Cove finally went ashore at St Michael's Mount and broke up.

Crew members didn't hear warning rockets. All crew saved

Crew members didn't hear warning rockets. All crew saved Breeches Buoy

Crew members didn't hear warning rockets. All crew saved , note the lines ot townsmen pulling on ropes ,possibly to steady the ship or Breeches Buoy

Crew members didn't hear warning rockets. All crew saved, Breeches Buoy

The 827-ton steam coaster, Yewcroft, bound from the Thames to Bristol with cement, wandered off course in dense fog and grounded near Cudden Point. A few hours later, as the tide ebbed from beneath her, she broke in half.

Description from Richard…

The 827-ton steam coaster, Yewcroft, bound from the Thames to Bristol with cement, wandered off course in dense fog and grounded near Cudden Point. A few hours later, as the tide ebbed from beneath her, she broke in half.

Description from Richard…

The 827-ton steam coaster, Yewcroft, bound from the Thames to Bristol with cement, wandered off course in dense fog and grounded near Cudden Point. A few hours later, as the tide ebbed from beneath her, she broke in half.

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The last large steamer wrecked at Cape Cornwall fell to the 4,538-ton Aida Lauro of Naples.

She had been launched in July 1923 by the Richardson Dock Company of Stockton as the Randor, for the Cardigan Shipping Company, and was a steel screw…

The last large steamer wrecked at Cape Cornwall fell to the 4,538-ton Aida Lauro of Naples.

She had been launched in July 1923 by the Richardson Dock Company of Stockton as the Randor, for the Cardigan Shipping Company, and was a steel screw…

The last large steamer wrecked at Cape Cornwall fell to the 4,538-ton Aida Lauro of Naples.

She had been launched in July 1923 by the Richardson Dock Company of Stockton as the Randor, for the Cardigan Shipping Company, and was a steel screw…

The last large steamer wrecked at Cape Cornwall fell to the 4,538-ton Aida Lauro of Naples.

She had been launched in July 1923 by the Richardson Dock Company of Stockton as the Randor, for the Cardigan Shipping Company, and was a steel screw…

The last large steamer wrecked at Cape Cornwall fell to the 4,538-ton Aida Lauro of Naples.

She had been launched in July 1923 by the Richardson Dock Company of Stockton as the Randor, for the Cardigan Shipping Company, and was a steel screw…

Six members of the crew were lost

Six members of the crew were lost