Title
SS Paris
Subject
Liner
Passengers
Shipwreck
Wreck
Description
References:
Cornish Wrecks South Coast by R Larn and C Carter
Cornish Wrecks by F A Strike
The Cornish Telegraph 1899-05-25
West Britain and Cornwall Advertiser Thursday Evening May 25th 1899
Refer Collins Binder C item C139
Cornish Wrecks South Coast by R Larn and C Carter
Cornish Wrecks by F A Strike
The Cornish Telegraph 1899-05-25
West Britain and Cornwall Advertiser Thursday Evening May 25th 1899
Refer Collins Binder C item C139
The American Line steamer Paris (10,699 t), on passage from Cherbourg to New York with 370 crew and 386 passengers went ashore in fog on Lowland Point, near Coverack, the Lizard, on 21 May 1899. There were no casualties, and the vessel was successfully towed off seven weeks later and repaired. Side view of ship from shore, with tugs and small craft alongside Ref: WR iii, 113-114 also RGN.045
Date
1899-05-21
Rights
Morrab Library
Identifier
COLLINS.147A
Coverage
Lowland Point
Manacles