Yew croft , Glasgow Cargo Ship, Trevean Cove, Near Cudden Point, July 1956

WRECKS 32HF 116.tif

Title

Yew croft , Glasgow Cargo Ship, Trevean Cove, Near Cudden Point, July 1956

Subject

Shipwreck

Description

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 Larn and Clive Carter, Cornish Shipwrecks: The South Coast (Newton Abbot: David & Charles, 1971), p184.

Date

1936

Identifier

WRECKS 32HF 116

Coverage

Nr Marazion

Street Name

Yewcroft

Geolocation