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Chapel Street, Penzance
sepia print , Chapel street, Penzance, showing the Egyptian House on the right and Smith and Sons on the left
Wooden sailing ship Minnehaha on Peninnis Head, Jan. 1874
Inscr. v.: Lost 18 Jan. 1874
Celebrated Scilly pilot cutter Queen, Scilly, c. 1880
Albumen print
Steamer Ransome sunk near Penzance pier, 1885
Albumen print.
Inscr. on mount, 'S/s "Ransome" - 1885- sunk at Penzance'.
Inscr. on mount, 'S/s "Ransome" - 1885- sunk at Penzance'.
Surviving bullocks ashore from Castleford, 1887
Albumen print, mounted on card.
Ink inscr. on front of mount, 'Strangers in a strange land - ex s/s Castleford 1887'
Ink inscr. on front of mount, 'Strangers in a strange land - ex s/s Castleford 1887'
Lifeboat from German liner Schiller, 1875
V. inscription: German Liner 14th (sic) May 1875
343 (sic) lost 45 saved.
Record of salvage efforts reported in The Times 9th August 1875 Page 9 and copied in Collins Book B
343 (sic) lost 45 saved.
Record of salvage efforts reported in The Times 9th August 1875 Page 9 and copied in Collins Book B
Steamer Earl of Lonsdale, St. Agnes, 8 June 1885
Ink inscr: 'Earl of Lonsdale' - 1885 - @ Scilly Isles; mounted on card
Liverpool paddle steamer, Gem, 1881.
Albumen print.
Ink inscr. on mount, "Gem" @ Scilly.
Ink inscr. on mount, "Gem" @ Scilly.
Liner Patroclus aground at Portland, 1907
V. inscription: Wreck of (?) 'Patroclus' at Portland successfully salved. 13/21/9/07.
(Ref: DSA ii, 544)
(Ref: DSA ii, 544)
Barque Petrellen, Mount's Bay, 31 Jan. 1885.
Card-mounted.
S.S. Malta wrecked at Pendeen, 15 Oct. 1889
Mounted on card
Steamer Scheldt, Pendeen, 1890
DSA ii, 627
Earl of Arran, wrecked on Scilly, 1872.
Card-mounted, inscription: 16 July 1872
Total Loss
Total Loss
Four-masted steel ship Bay of Panama, 1891
Albumin print
Full-rigged ship Horsa, 1893
Albumin print