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Admiralty Pinnace
Ex Admiralty Barge on Battery Rocks, Penzance.
One of a series of six.
One of a series of six.
View across Housel Bay towards Lizard lighthouse
Cove Cliffs building
Admiralty Pinnace
Ex Admiralty Barge on Battery Rocks, Penzance.
One of a series of six.
One of a series of six.
Rough seas along cliffs, Levant and Geevor mines in the distance
Taken from Pendeen Watch near Lands End
Adolf Vinnen, wrecked at Housel Bay, Lizard, February 23rd 1923.
When the Adolf Vinnen came ashore in 1923 she was a new ship, only nine day out of her builders hands. Owned by Vinnens of Bremen, she was one of five steel, five-masted auxiliary schooners built by Krupps of Kiel between 1922-23. Of over 2,000 tons…
Adolf Vinnen, wrecked at Housel Bay, Lizard, February 23rd 1923.
When the Adolf Vinnen came ashore in 1923 she was a new ship, only nine day out of her builders hands. Owned by Vinnens of Bremen, she was one of five steel, five-masted auxiliary schooners built by Krupps of Kiel between 1922-23. Of over 2,000 tons…
Gwennap Head from Pordenack Point
Headland with tall rocky construction in the foreground, possibly man-made
Shoreline at Gwennap Head
Rough seas breaking into cove
Aida Lauro, wrecked at Kenidjack, June 30th 1937.
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…
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…
Aida Lauro, wrecked at Kenidjack, June 30th 1937.
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…
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…
Aida Lauro, wrecked at Kenidjack, June 30th 1937.
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…
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…
Alexander Yeats, Wrecked at Gurnard's Head, September 25th 1896.
The largest sailing ship lost anywhere between Land's End and St Ives was the Liverpool ship Alexander Yeats, launched in 1876 by D. Lynch of Portland, New Brunswick, as a wooden full-rigger of 1,589 tons.
Towards the end of her career she was…
Towards the end of her career she was…