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S.S. Archangelos, Coverack, 1929
Set-piece view from foreshore, with figures in f'ground and tug in background far right during salvage operation. Some creases and corner blemishes
SS Brinkburn, wrecked off Bryher, Isle of Scilly, December 15th 1898.
The S.S Brinkburn was a four year old, 3,229 tons gross steamer which sunk on December 15th 1898.
The steamer was bound from Galveston, Texas, to Le Havre with 8,895 bales of cotton and 6,720 bags of cotton seed. She struck the Maiden Bower and…
The steamer was bound from Galveston, Texas, to Le Havre with 8,895 bales of cotton and 6,720 bags of cotton seed. She struck the Maiden Bower and…
Herzogin Cecilie , undated
Print from a full plate; slight damage and shading to corners
S.S South America ashore at Merthen Point, 1912.
The South America was a steel screw steamer of 4,197 tons gross. She was owned by Nitrate Producers Company of London and had sailed from Hamburg bound for Cardiff in water ballast, under charter to the Hamburg Amerika Line.
The weather was poor…
The weather was poor…
S.S. South America ashore at Merthen Point, March 12th 1912.
The South America was a steel screw steamer of 4,197 tons gross. She was owned by Nitrate Producers Company of London and had sailed from Hamburg bound for Cardiff in water ballast, under charter to the Hamburg Amerika Line.
The weather was poor…
The weather was poor…
Pindos, German barque wrecked at Chynhalls, 1912
The Pindos launched in June 1890 by Williamson of Workington as the Eusemere, was a steel, four-masted barque of 2,354 tons net and 2,512 gross, built for the firm of Fisher & Sprott of London.
In 1896 she was sold to B. Wencke & Company of…
In 1896 she was sold to B. Wencke & Company of…
Swedish barque Hansy, Lizard, 1911
The 1,597-ton steel ship, Hansy, launched at Dumbarton by Alexander Macmillan & Sons in 1885 as the Aberfoyle.
In the course of a somewhat chequered career, she had been picked up in Bass Strait, Tasmania in 1896 by a steamer which had found her…
In the course of a somewhat chequered career, she had been picked up in Bass Strait, Tasmania in 1896 by a steamer which had found her…
The Jetty, Newquay
Overview
Swedish barque Hansy wrecked near Penolver, the Lizard 1911.
The 1,597-ton steel ship, Hansy, launched at Dumbarton by Alexander Macmillan & Sons in 1885 as the Aberfoyle.
In the course of a somewhat chequered career, she had been picked up in Bass Strait, Tasmania in 1896 by a steamer which had found her…
In the course of a somewhat chequered career, she had been picked up in Bass Strait, Tasmania in 1896 by a steamer which had found her…
Barque Salute of Christiansand, Perranuthnoe, December 8th 1911
The Saluto (1867) was on passage from the Thames with sand ballast to Barbados but was caught in a succession of gales.
Account of Wreck from Cornishman Newspaper, December 9th 1911
"Watched by hundreds of spectators, the Norwegian Barque…
Account of Wreck from Cornishman Newspaper, December 9th 1911
"Watched by hundreds of spectators, the Norwegian Barque…
The Harbour, Padstow
Boats and tourists
The Harbour, Newquay
View to seaward.
With a hand written message in ink to the reverse of the postcard to a recipient in Horton, Gloucs
With a hand written message in ink to the reverse of the postcard to a recipient in Horton, Gloucs
Red Star Liner Gothland, Scilly, 1914.
The Red Star Liner, Gothland, wrecked at 4:30 pm on June 23rd 1914. Launched in 1893 by Harland & Wolff of Belfast, it was a four-masted, 490ft long vessel.
The Gothland was on passage from Montreal to Rotterdam with a general cargo which…
The Gothland was on passage from Montreal to Rotterdam with a general cargo which…
Red Star liner Gothland, Scilly, 1914.
The Red Star Liner, Gothland, wrecked at 4:30 pm on June 23rd 1914. Launched in 1893 by Harland & Wolff of Belfast, it was a four-masted, 490ft long vessel.
The Gothland was on passage from Montreal to Rotterdam with a general cargo which…
The Gothland was on passage from Montreal to Rotterdam with a general cargo which…
Normand, wrecked at Kennack, April 2nd 1914.
The 100-ton steamer, Normande of Bayonne that was going from Nantes to Fowey in ballast went ashore on April 2nd 1914.
It was very foggy at the time, but the crew managed to scramble ashore, to be found the next morning by a Mr Martin, a local…
It was very foggy at the time, but the crew managed to scramble ashore, to be found the next morning by a Mr Martin, a local…
Cromdale, wrecked at Bass Point, 1913
The Cromdale came ashore at at Bass Point, after a one hundred and twenty-dour day journey from Taltal, Chile with a cargo of Nitrates. She was already a week overdue at Falmouth when, nearing the Lizard, she ran into dense fog on the evening of May…
Cromdale, wrecked at Bass Point, 1913
The Cromdale came ashore at at Bass Point, after a one hundred and twenty-dour day journey from Taltal, Chile with a cargo of Nitrates. She was already a week overdue at Falmouth when, nearing the Lizard, she ran into dense fog on the evening of May…
Cromdale, wrecked at Bass Point, Lizard, 1913
The Cromdale came ashore at at Bass Point, after a one hundred and twenty-dour day journey from Taltal, Chile with a cargo of Nitrates. She was already a week overdue at Falmouth when, nearing the Lizard, she ran into dense fog on the evening of May…