Title
The wreck of the SS Taycraig, wrecked off Gear Rocks, Penzance, January 27th 1936
Subject
Shipwreck
Description
The Taycraig was a Cornish owned steamer. She was originally registered in London.
On January 27th 1936, she dragged her anchors in a south-west gale and wrapped herself around the tall post-and-cage beacon which marks the Gear Rocks, just off Penzance Promenade.
Her crew was rescued by the lifeboat, but the Taycraig, which was in ballast for Newlyn to load road-stone, sank until her funnel and masts stood out of the water and defied all efforts to salvage her.
Description from Richard Larn and Clive Carter, Cornish Shipwrecks: The South Coast (Newton Abbot: David & Charles, 1971), p. 183-184.
On January 27th 1936, she dragged her anchors in a south-west gale and wrapped herself around the tall post-and-cage beacon which marks the Gear Rocks, just off Penzance Promenade.
Her crew was rescued by the lifeboat, but the Taycraig, which was in ballast for Newlyn to load road-stone, sank until her funnel and masts stood out of the water and defied all efforts to salvage her.
Description from Richard Larn and Clive Carter, Cornish Shipwrecks: The South Coast (Newton Abbot: David & Charles, 1971), p. 183-184.
Refer Collins Orage binder Wreck Abstract.
Also Collins.195A to 195D
Also Wrecks 32PG 145 to 150 and Wrecks 4.044
Also Collins.195A to 195D
Also Wrecks 32PG 145 to 150 and Wrecks 4.044
Publisher
Morrab Library
Date
1936-01-27
Rights
Morrab Library
Format
35mm Slide
Type
Photograph
Identifier
M.2062
Coverage
Penzance