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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…
Bay of Panama, wrecked at Nare Point, Lizard, March 10th 1891.
The Bay of Panama was a 2,282-ton, four masted, square-rigged steel ship, launched by Harland & Wolff at Belfast in 1883 and described as one of the finest sailing vessels ever built.
She left Calcutta on November 18th 1890 with 13,000 bales of…
She left Calcutta on November 18th 1890 with 13,000 bales of…
Bay of Panama, wrecked at Nare Point, Lizard, March 10th 1891.
The Bay of Panama was a 2,282-ton, four masted, square-rigged steel ship, launched by Harland & Wolff at Belfast in 1883 and described as one of the finest sailing vessels ever built.
She left Calcutta on November 18th 1890 with 13,000 bales of…
She left Calcutta on November 18th 1890 with 13,000 bales of…
Bay of Panama, wrecked at Nare Point, Lizard, March 10th 1891.
The Bay of Panama was a 2,282-ton, four masted, square-rigged steel ship, launched by Harland & Wolff at Belfast in 1883 and described as one of the finest sailing vessels ever built.
She left Calcutta on November 18th 1890 with 13,000 bales of…
She left Calcutta on November 18th 1890 with 13,000 bales of…
Anson H.M.S
Captain Anderson, Valentine Coryn, Margarita Anderson,
Ansgir, wrecked at Penzer Point, December 12th 1920
One of the largest ships to wreck on the Cornish Coast, the Ansgir, was one of many vessels of the German Merchant Marine.
Completed a dew weeks after the Armistice of 1918, she was created by A K Ges Neptune of Rostock, on the Baltic. She was a…
Completed a dew weeks after the Armistice of 1918, she was created by A K Ges Neptune of Rostock, on the Baltic. She was a…
Old Cross in Morrab Gardens, Penzance.
Now at Penlee House, Penzance.
Penzance, Dolly Pentreath's Memorial Stone
Frith postcard of Dolly Pentreath's memorial in Paul churchyard, erected in 1860.
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…
Alexander Yeats, Wrecked at Gurnard's Head, September 25th 1896.
This photograph shows the ship aground the Greeb, near Perranuthanoe in Mounts Bay
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…
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…
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…