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C & W Landing Cable at Porthcurno
Photo of engraving titled 'Landing the cable at Porthcurnew [sic] Bay'.
From Illustrated London News 25/6/1870
From Illustrated London News 25/6/1870
C & W Laying Cable Malta-Gibralta
Photo of engraving titled 'Laying the Submarine Telegraph between Malta and Gibraltar, off the Isle of Pantellaria'.
From Illustrated London News 11/8/1870
From Illustrated London News 11/8/1870
C & W Stanley Angwin Surveying Cable Route
During April 1965, C.S. Stanley Angwin (2,500-ton gross) surveyed the route for the Tortola-Bermuda telephone cable which will provide the northern outlet for the 21-million W.I. dollar project in the Eastern Caribbean to improve inter-island and…
C & W Survey Sled On Board C S Recorder
This photograph shows survey operations on board the C.S. Recorder in the Mediterranean for the Mat I telephone cable project. The ship was on charter to Italcable for the work. On the foredeck, you can see the survey sled.
C & W Repeater Stack On Board Ship
A Cable & Wireless repeater stack on board ship.
Sea Plow being lifted aboard the John Cabot
A sea plow designed by Bell Telephone Laboratories to bury the underwater telephone cable below the ocean floor is lifted from the sea by a crane aboard the John Cabot, a Canadian cable repair ship and icebreaker. The plow was used by the American…
Steam & Sail Yacht Lillie Western
Photo reproduction of a painting of the steam and sail yacht Lillie Western.
Clipper Bow Steam Yacht & other Boats Penzance
Clipper bow steam yacht and other boats in Penzance
This print is laterally reversed. See 1532
This print is laterally reversed. See 1532
Hemsley I, wrecked on rocks of Fox Cove, May 12th 1969
The British Merchant service tanker, Hemsley I wrecked at Fox Cove, May 12th 1969.
Launched of the Admiralty in November 1916 by the Tyne Shipbuilding Company of Newcastle, she remained the naval oiler Scotol until 1948 when she was bought by…
Launched of the Admiralty in November 1916 by the Tyne Shipbuilding Company of Newcastle, she remained the naval oiler Scotol until 1948 when she was bought by…
Bessemer City, wrecked October 31st 1936
The American steamer Bessemer City wrecked at Clodgy in 1936, was launched in 1921 by the Chickasaw Shipbuilding Company of Alabama for the US Steel Production Company.
She was steel screw steamer of 3,450 tons net, 5,686 tons gross, powered by…
She was steel screw steamer of 3,450 tons net, 5,686 tons gross, powered by…
Taycraig on Gear Rocks Penzance, January 26th 1936
The Taycraig was a Cornish owned steamer. She was originally registered in London.
On January 27th 1936, she dragged her anchors in a south-west gale and wrapped herself around the tall post-and-cage beacon which marks the Gear Rocks, just off…
On January 27th 1936, she dragged her anchors in a south-west gale and wrapped herself around the tall post-and-cage beacon which marks the Gear Rocks, just off…
SS County of Salop on Beach Aux Sails rigged, 1892
The 1,835 ton- Liverpool Collier County of Salop, Master Evan, was in water ballast from Le Harve to the Mersey before coming ashore at Watson Mouth, at 14:00 pm on March 10th 1892.
The collier, launched at Barrow in 1882, was demolished for…
The collier, launched at Barrow in 1882, was demolished for…
Lady Acland Wild Pigeon on Beach at Bude, 1888
Rocket Apparatus and Breeches Buoy in use
Bessemer City, in two parts, off Pendennis Point, 1936
The American steamer Bessemer City wrecked at Clodgy in 1936, was launched in 1921 by the Chickasaw Shipbuilding Company of Alabama for the US Steel Production Company.
She was steel screw steamer of 3,450 tons net, 5,686 tons gross, powered by…
She was steel screw steamer of 3,450 tons net, 5,686 tons gross, powered by…
Bessemer City, in two parts, off Pendennis Point, 1936
The American steamer Bessemer City wrecked at Clodgy in 1936, was launched in 1921 by the Chickasaw Shipbuilding Company of Alabama for the US Steel Production Company.
She was steel screw steamer of 3,450 tons net, 5,686 tons gross, powered by…
She was steel screw steamer of 3,450 tons net, 5,686 tons gross, powered by…
Clan Malcolm, wrecked at Mulvin Rock, September 26th 1935
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…
Dense fog cloaked the headland at the time, and the coastguards were unaware of the wreck…
Hemsley I, wrecked on rocks of Fox Cove, May 12th 1969
The British Merchant service tanker, Hemsley I wrecked at Fox Cove, May 12th 1969.
Launched of the Admiralty in November 1916 by the Tyne Shipbuilding Company of Newcastle, she remained the naval oiler Scotol until 1948 when she was bought by…
Launched of the Admiralty in November 1916 by the Tyne Shipbuilding Company of Newcastle, she remained the naval oiler Scotol until 1948 when she was bought by…
Two Paddle Boats & Steamship
Two paddle boats and a steamship, taken from bridge in Weymouth.
SS Yewcroft aground broken back Cudden Point, July 1956
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…
Description from Richard…
S.S Minnehaha, 1910
The S.S Minnehaha was a 13,443 tons gross Atlantic Transport Company steam liner that went aground on the eastern side of Scilly Rock at 12:50 on April 18th 1910. The Minnehaha was built and registered in Belfast by Harland & Wolf I 1900. On…