Title
Henry Harvey, March 25th 1898
Subject
Brigantine
Shipwreck
Wreck
Description
The Henry Harvey (1857) was bound from Runcorn to Lelant with a cargo of coal when it missed stays trying to enter Penzance in a NE gale and heavy seas on 25 March 1898.
The anchor was dropped but the cable parted, and the ship drifted onto Woollan's Rocks, near Battery Rocks. The Penzance RNLI lifeboat Elizabeth and Blanche came to their assistance, rescuing the five crew and one woman.
On 27 March the ship was refloated after the cargo jettisoned and towed into Penzance by the salvage tug Chase.
Description from Royal Cornwall Gazette, 31 March 1898.
The anchor was dropped but the cable parted, and the ship drifted onto Woollan's Rocks, near Battery Rocks. The Penzance RNLI lifeboat Elizabeth and Blanche came to their assistance, rescuing the five crew and one woman.
On 27 March the ship was refloated after the cargo jettisoned and towed into Penzance by the salvage tug Chase.
Description from Royal Cornwall Gazette, 31 March 1898.
Date
00-00-1898
Rights
Morrab Library
Type
Print
Identifier
COLLINS.083
Coverage
Penzance